1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 869fe2e673..4bf18f5e84 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ match_backref_number(VALUE match, VALUE backref)
         return NUM2INT(backref);
 
       case T_SYMBOL:
-        name = rb_id2name(SYM2ID(backref));
+        name = RSTRING_PTR(rb_sym2str(backref));
         break;
 
       case T_STRING: