1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 351d36157a..40bd4eb193 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ file_s_fnmatch(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
     else
 	flags = 0;
 
-    StringValue(pattern);
+    StringValueCStr(pattern);
     FilePathStringValue(path);
 
     if (flags & FNM_EXTGLOB) {