diff --git a/libobjc/ChangeLog b/libobjc/ChangeLog
index 010f3ef9ff26..38390ad03bfe 100644
--- a/libobjc/ChangeLog
+++ b/libobjc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-05-26  Nicola Pero  <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
+
+	* sendmsg.c (__objc_install_dtable_for_class): Use objc_getClass,
+	not objc_lookupClass.
+
 2011-05-25  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 	    David Ayers  <ayers@fsfe.org>
 
diff --git a/libobjc/sendmsg.c b/libobjc/sendmsg.c
index c11a791cef0b..11ab887b0741 100644
--- a/libobjc/sendmsg.c
+++ b/libobjc/sendmsg.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ __objc_install_dtable_for_class (Class cls)
   else
     {
       /* Retreive the class from the meta class.  */
-      Class c = objc_lookup_class (cls->name);
+      Class c = objc_getClass (cls->name);
       assert (CLS_ISMETA (cls));
       assert (c);
       __objc_send_initialize (c);