diff --git a/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb b/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
index 2a323c858..311803ea2 100644
--- a/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
+++ b/mrbgems/mruby-string-ext/mrblib/string.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class String
   #    "hello".rstrip!      #=> nil
   #
   def rstrip!
-    raise RuntimeError, "can't modify frozen String" if frozen?
+    raise FrozenError, "can't modify frozen String" if frozen?
     s = self.rstrip
     (s == self) ? nil : self.replace(s)
   end