1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 9bf2410ddc..be4cb91d65 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -3649,7 +3649,7 @@ rb_eval(self, n)
 	break;
 
       case NODE_XSTR:
-	result = rb_funcall(self, '`', 1, node->nd_lit);
+	result = rb_funcall(self, '`', 1, rb_str_new3(node->nd_lit));
 	break;
 
       case NODE_LIT: