3 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bootstraptest/test_literal.rb b/bootstraptest/test_literal.rb
index 0c5102c46e..9b3c10d519 100644
--- a/bootstraptest/test_literal.rb
+++ b/bootstraptest/test_literal.rb
@@ -223,6 +223,24 @@ assert_equal 'ok', %q{ #  long hash literal (optimized)
   :ok
 }
 
+assert_equal 'ok', %q{ #  Bug #15536
+  eval <<-END
+    {
+      **{
+        a0: nil, a1: nil, a2: nil, a3: nil, a4: nil, a5: nil, a6: nil, a7: nil, a8: nil,
+      },
+      a0: nil, a1: nil, a2: nil, a3: nil, a4: nil, a5: nil, a6: nil, a7: nil, a8: nil,
+      **{
+        c: nil
+      },
+      b0: nil, b1: nil, b2: nil, b3: nil, b4: nil, b5: nil, b6: nil, b7: nil, b8: nil,
+      b9: nil, b10: nil, b11: nil, b12: nil, b13: nil, b14: nil, b15: nil, b16: nil,
+      b17: nil, b18: nil, b19: nil, b20: nil, b21: nil,
+    }
+  END
+  :ok
+}
+
 assert_equal 'ok', %q{
   [print(:ok), exit] # void literal with side-effect
   :dummy
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 9740e02d59..d44c979e19 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ rb_hash_bulk_insert(long argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE hash)
         RHASH(hash)->ntbl = tab = RHASH(tmp)->ntbl;
         RHASH(tmp)->ntbl = NULL;
     }
-    n = tab->num_entries + argc / 2;
+    n = tab->entries_bound + argc / 2;
     st_expand_table(tab, n);
     if (UNLIKELY(tab->num_entries))
         st_insert_generic(tab, argc, argv, hash);
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 67e9e7efa5..f1792fe296 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.5.4"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2019-03-13"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 148
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 149
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2019
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 3