diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 6c72bd8654a3..a6e1d94337f9 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-22  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR libgcj/12656:
+	* gnu/gcj/runtime/natFirstThread.cc (call_main): Use
+	_Jv_LookupDeclaredMethod, not _Jv_GetMethodLocal.
+
 2003-10-22  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com)
 
 	* include/mips-signal.h: New file.
diff --git a/libjava/gnu/gcj/runtime/natFirstThread.cc b/libjava/gnu/gcj/runtime/natFirstThread.cc
index 1d62471df7e5..e3100c53fc03 100644
--- a/libjava/gnu/gcj/runtime/natFirstThread.cc
+++ b/libjava/gnu/gcj/runtime/natFirstThread.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // natFirstThread.cc - Implementation of FirstThread native methods.
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Free Software Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003  Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of libgcj.
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ gnu::gcj::runtime::FirstThread::call_main (void)
   Utf8Const* main_signature = _Jv_makeUtf8Const ("([Ljava.lang.String;)V", 22);
   Utf8Const* main_name = _Jv_makeUtf8Const ("main", 4);
 
-  _Jv_Method *meth = _Jv_GetMethodLocal (klass, main_name, main_signature);
+  _Jv_Method *meth = _Jv_LookupDeclaredMethod (klass, main_name,
+					       main_signature);
 
   // Some checks from Java Spec section 12.1.4.
   const char *msg = NULL;