1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index da417b6d1a..df749e0aee 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,8 @@ process_options(int argc, char **argv, struct cmdline_options *opt)
 	long i;
 	VALUE load_path = GET_VM()->load_path;
 	for (i = 0; i < RARRAY_LEN(load_path); ++i) {
-	    rb_enc_associate(RARRAY_PTR(load_path)[i], lenc);
+	    RARRAY_PTR(load_path)[i] =
+		rb_enc_associate(rb_str_dup(RARRAY_PTR(load_path)[i]), lenc);
 	}
     }
     if (!(opt->disable & DISABLE_BIT(gems))) {