diff --git a/R/has-devel.r b/R/has-devel.r
index 02678e88d..fbd0b4726 100644
--- a/R/has-devel.r
+++ b/R/has-devel.r
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Check if you have a development environment installed.
 #'
-#' Thanks to the suggestion of Simon Urbanek. 
+#' Thanks to the suggestion of Simon Urbanek.
 #'
 #' @return TRUE if your development environment is correctly set up, otherwise
 #'   returns an error.
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 #' has_devel()
 has_devel <- function() {
   foo_path <- file.path(tempdir(), "foo.c")
-  
+
   cat("void foo(int *bar) { *bar=1; }\n", file = foo_path)
   on.exit(unlink(foo_path))
-  
+
   R("CMD SHLIB foo.c", tempdir())
   dylib <- file.path(tempdir(), paste("foo", .Platform$dynlib.ext, sep=''))
   on.exit(unlink(dylib), add = TRUE)
-  
-  dyn.load(dylib)
+
+  dll <- dyn.load(dylib)
   on.exit(dyn.unload(dylib), add = TRUE)
 
-  stopifnot(do.call(".C", list("foo",0L))[[1]] == 1L)
+  stopifnot(.C(dll$foo, 0L)[[1]] == 1L)
   TRUE
 }