diff --git a/lib/google/api_client/result.rb b/lib/google/api_client/result.rb
index 6cc292c1e..72c396881 100644
--- a/lib/google/api_client/result.rb
+++ b/lib/google/api_client/result.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module Google
           data = self.body
           case media_type
           when 'application/json'
-            data = JSON.parse(data)
+            data = ::JSON.parse(data)
             # Strip data wrapper, if present
             data = data['data'] if data.has_key?('data')
           else