diff --git a/Source/OCMock/OCClassMockObject.m b/Source/OCMock/OCClassMockObject.m
index 96a11001..088d2e26 100644
--- a/Source/OCMock/OCClassMockObject.m
+++ b/Source/OCMock/OCClassMockObject.m
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ - (void)setupForwarderForClassMethodSelector:(SEL)selector
     IMP originalIMP = method_getImplementation(method);
     [replacedClassMethods setObject:[NSValue valueWithPointer:originalIMP] forKey:NSStringFromSelector(selector)];
 
-    Class metaClass = objc_getMetaClass(class_getName(mockedClass));
+    Class metaClass = object_getClass(mockedClass);
     IMP forwarderIMP = [NSMethodSignature forwarderForClass:mockedClass selector:selector];
     class_replaceMethod(metaClass, method_getName(method), forwarderIMP, method_getTypeEncoding(method));
 }