1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c b/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
index 799445a89c..ac208efbe8 100644
--- a/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
+++ b/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
@@ -598,10 +598,11 @@ fgdbm_store(obj, keystr, valstr)
 
     rb_gdbm_modify(obj);
     StringValue(keystr);
+    StringValue(valstr);
+
     key.dptr = RSTRING(keystr)->ptr;
     key.dsize = RSTRING(keystr)->len;
 
-    StringValue(valstr);
     val.dptr = RSTRING(valstr)->ptr;
     val.dsize = RSTRING(valstr)->len;