@@ -333,11 +333,13 @@
 	 * in the initialize method
 	 */
 	class->info |= OBJC_CLASS_INFO_INITIALIZED;
 	class->isa->info |= OBJC_CLASS_INFO_INITIALIZED;
 
-	callMethod(class, "initialize");
+	if (class_respondsToSelector(object_getClass(class),
+	    @selector(initialize)))
+		[class initialize];
 }
 
 void
 objc_initialize_class(Class class)
 {