1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/irb/locale.rb b/lib/irb/locale.rb
index 142b9a5951..77cc06ed30 100644
--- a/lib/irb/locale.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/locale.rb
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ module IRB
           full_path = File.join(libpath, lc_path)
           return full_path if File.readable?(full_path)
         end
-        redo if Gem.try_activate(lc_path)
+        redo if defined?(Gem) and Gem.try_activate(lc_path)
       end
       nil
     end