diff --git a/src/vm.c b/src/vm.c
index 885888985..bf33cce51 100644
--- a/src/vm.c
+++ b/src/vm.c
@@ -1619,6 +1619,10 @@ RETRY_TRY_BLOCK:
       m = mrb_method_search_vm(mrb, &c, mid);
       if (MRB_METHOD_UNDEF_P(m)) {
         mrb_sym missing = mrb_intern_lit(mrb, "method_missing");
+
+        if (mid != missing) {
+          c = mrb_class(mrb, recv);
+        }
         m = mrb_method_search_vm(mrb, &c, missing);
         if (MRB_METHOD_UNDEF_P(m)) {
           mrb_value args = (argc < 0) ? regs[a+1] : mrb_ary_new_from_values(mrb, n, regs+a+1);