1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/md5/md5init.c b/ext/md5/md5init.c
index 348f64bcda..894f52a849 100644
--- a/ext/md5/md5init.c
+++ b/ext/md5/md5init.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ md5_new(argc, argv, class)
     if (!NIL_P(arg)) {
 	md5_update(obj, arg);
     }
+    obj_call_init(obj);
 
     return obj;
 }