2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index b302b8a268..57999fbd97 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,7 @@ rb_ary_splice(VALUE ary, long beg, long len, VALUE rpl)
 	    MEMMOVE(RARRAY_PTR(ary) + beg, RARRAY_PTR(rpl), VALUE, rlen);
 	}
     }
+    RB_GC_GUARD(rpl);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 64c2c5b82a..ced2a74cc9 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.0.0"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2014-10-15"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 577
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 578
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2014
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 10