2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_ns_spki.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_ns_spki.c
index 5cba529850..b90a6b195e 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_ns_spki.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_ns_spki.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ossl_spki_get_challenge(VALUE self)
     GetSPKI(self, spki);
     if (spki->spkac->challenge->length <= 0) {
 	OSSL_Debug("Challenge.length <= 0?");
-	return rb_str_new2(NULL);
+	return rb_str_new(0, 0);
     }
 
     return rb_str_new(spki->spkac->challenge->data,
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
index aab64771b4..d1340e2b17 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_ssl.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ ossl_sslctx_set_ciphers(VALUE self, VALUE v)
     if (NIL_P(v))
 	return v;
     else if (TYPE(v) == T_ARRAY) {
-        str = rb_str_new2(NULL);
+        str = rb_str_new(0, 0);
         for (i = 0; i < RARRAY(v)->len; i++) {
             elem = rb_ary_entry(v, i);
             if (TYPE(elem) == T_ARRAY) elem = rb_ary_entry(elem, 0);