1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/digest/md5/md5init.c b/ext/digest/md5/md5init.c
index 52cba78bf1..b81fd94864 100644
--- a/ext/digest/md5/md5init.c
+++ b/ext/digest/md5/md5init.c
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ Init_md5(void)
     mDigest = rb_define_module("Digest"); /* let rdoc know */
 #endif
     mDigest = rb_digest_namespace();
-    cDigest_Base = rb_path2class("Digest::Base");
+    cDigest_Base = rb_const_get(mDigest, rb_intern_const("Base"));
 
     cDigest_MD5 = rb_define_class_under(mDigest, "MD5", cDigest_Base);
-
     rb_iv_set(cDigest_MD5, "metadata", rb_digest_make_metadata(&md5));
 }