1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index ad70501fe3..d334501440 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -11425,7 +11425,7 @@ ripper_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
 	OBJ_FREEZE(fname);
     }
     else {
-        StringValue(fname);
+	StringValueCStr(fname);
 	fname = rb_str_new_frozen(fname);
     }
     parser_initialize(parser);