1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index eae5f9ddee..6a5af2576c 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -4094,9 +4094,7 @@ rb_file_initialize(argc, argv, io)
     VALUE io;
 {
     if (RFILE(io)->fptr) {
-	rb_io_close_m(io);
-	free(RFILE(io)->fptr);
-	RFILE(io)->fptr = 0;
+	rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "reinitializing File");
     }
     if (0 < argc && argc < 3) {
 	VALUE fd = rb_check_convert_type(argv[0], T_FIXNUM, "Fixnum", "to_int");