1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rational.c b/rational.c
index 076d42707f..a6a94368e8 100644
--- a/rational.c
+++ b/rational.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ nurat_f_rational(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
         static ID kwds[1];
         VALUE exception;
         if (!kwds[0]) {
-            kwds[0] = rb_intern_const("exception");
+            kwds[0] = idException;
         }
         rb_get_kwargs(opts, kwds, 0, 1, &exception);
         raise = (exception != Qfalse);