1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/struct.c b/struct.c
index 0dd5aba0a0..0e2b26f8fc 100644
--- a/struct.c
+++ b/struct.c
@@ -307,19 +307,14 @@ rb_struct_s_def(argc, argv, klass)
     ID id;
 
     rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1*", &name, &rest);
+    if (!NIL_P(name) && SYMBOL_P(name)) {
+	rb_ary_unshift(rest, name);
+	name = Qnil;
+    }
     for (i=0; i<RARRAY(rest)->len; i++) {
 	id = rb_to_id(RARRAY(rest)->ptr[i]);
 	RARRAY(rest)->ptr[i] = ID2SYM(id);
     }
-    if (!NIL_P(name)) {
-	VALUE tmp = rb_check_string_type(name);
-
-	if (NIL_P(tmp)) {
-	    id = rb_to_id(name);
-	    rb_ary_unshift(rest, ID2SYM(id));
-	    name = Qnil;
-	}
-    }
     st = make_struct(name, rest, klass);
     if (rb_block_given_p()) {
 	rb_mod_module_eval(0, 0, st);