diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG b/src/CHANGELOG
index 1076e9d56..e07c31d0b 100644
--- a/src/CHANGELOG
+++ b/src/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
-ECL 9.4.2:
-==========
+ECL 9.5:
+========
 
 * MOP:
 
- - ALLOCATE-INSTANCE admits additional arguments which are the instance
-   initialization arguments.
-
- - MAKE-INSTANCE passes the completed initargs to ALLOCATE-INSTANCE.
-
- - MAKE-INSTANCE ensures that the class is finalized before allocating the
-   instance.
-
-ECL 9.4.1:
-==========
-
-* Bugs fixed:
-
- - Symbol NIL was not exported from the GRAY package.
-
- - GRAY:STREAM-PEEK-CHAR was not used at all by ECL.
+ - CALL-METHOD has only one required argument. Affects only calls to this
+   macro inside nonstandard method combinations.
 
 ;;; Local Variables: ***
 ;;; mode:text ***
diff --git a/src/clos/combin.lsp b/src/clos/combin.lsp
index 6fb4202ce..73ef60f9f 100644
--- a/src/clos/combin.lsp
+++ b/src/clos/combin.lsp
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
       (declare (ignorable no-next-methods))
       (funcall method .combined-method-args. rest-methods)))
 
-(defmacro call-method (method rest-methods)
+(defmacro call-method (method &optional rest-methods)
   `(funcall ,(effective-method-function method)
 	    .combined-method-args.
-	    ',(mapcar #'effective-method-function rest-methods)))
+	    ',(and rest-methods (mapcar #'effective-method-function rest-methods))))
 
 (defun call-next-method (&rest args)
   (declare (special .combined-method-args. *next-methods*))
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@
 	      (syntax-error))
 	  (let ((condition
 		(cond ((eql predicate '*) 'T)
-		      ((symbolp predicate) `(,predicate .METHOD-QUALIFIERS.))
+		      ((and predicate (symbolp predicate))
+                       `(,predicate .METHOD-QUALIFIERS.))
 		      ((and (listp predicate)
 			    (let* ((q (last predicate 0))
 				   (p (copy-list (butlast predicate 0))))