1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compile.c b/compile.c
index c5364ca0b2..10d63bcd1f 100644
--- a/compile.c
+++ b/compile.c
@@ -5211,7 +5211,7 @@ get_exception_sym2type(VALUE sym)
     if (sym == symNext)   return CATCH_TYPE_NEXT;
     sym_inspect = rb_inspect(sym);
     rb_raise(rb_eSyntaxError, "invalid exception symbol: %s",
-	     RSTRING_PTR(RB_GC_GUARD(sym_inspect)));
+	     StringValuePtr(sym_inspect));
     return 0;
 }