1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index cb176fe96b..6503e26042 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ flo_divmod(x, y)
     VALUE x, y;
 {
     double fy, div, mod;
+    volatile VALUE a, b;
 
     switch (TYPE(y)) {
       case T_FIXNUM:
@@ -730,9 +731,9 @@ flo_divmod(x, y)
 	return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
     }
     flodivmod(RFLOAT(x)->value, fy, &div, &mod);
-    x = rb_float_new(div);
-    y = rb_float_new(mod);
-    return rb_assoc_new(x, y);
+    a = rb_float_new(div);
+    b = rb_float_new(mod);
+    return rb_assoc_new(a, b);
 }
 
 /*