1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 0cda6f20ae..2945764d64 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ rb_update_max_fd(int fd)
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#define rb_sys_fail_path(path) rb_sys_fail(NIL_P(path) ? 0 : RSTRING_PTR(path))
+#define rb_sys_fail_path(path) rb_sys_fail_str(path)
 
 static int io_fflush(rb_io_t *);
 
@@ -4795,7 +4795,7 @@ rb_sysopen(VALUE fname, int oflags, mode_t perm)
 	    fd = rb_sysopen_internal(&data);
 	}
 	if (fd < 0) {
-	    rb_sys_fail(RSTRING_PTR(fname));
+	    rb_sys_fail_path(fname);
 	}
     }
     rb_update_max_fd(fd);
@@ -5407,7 +5407,7 @@ pipe_open(struct rb_exec_arg *eargp, VALUE prog, const char *modestr, int fmode,
     fp = popen(cmd, modestr);
     if (eargp)
 	rb_run_exec_options(&sarg, NULL);
-    if (!fp) rb_sys_fail(RSTRING_PTR(prog));
+    if (!fp) rb_sys_fail_path(prog);
     fd = fileno(fp);
 #endif