1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/tk/lib/tk/variable.rb b/ext/tk/lib/tk/variable.rb
index 982182c2a8..cdf6441b6d 100644
--- a/ext/tk/lib/tk/variable.rb
+++ b/ext/tk/lib/tk/variable.rb
@@ -1545,14 +1545,15 @@ class TkVarAccess<TkVariable
   end
 end
 
-
 module Tk
   begin
+    INTERP._invoke_without_enc('global', 'auto_path')
     auto_path = INTERP._invoke('set', 'auto_path')
-  rescue
+  rescue => e
     begin
+      INTERP._invoke_without_enc('global', 'env')
       auto_path = INTERP._invoke('set', 'env(TCLLIBPATH)')
-    rescue
+    rescue => e
       auto_path = Tk::LIBRARY
     end
   end