1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sprintf.c b/sprintf.c
index 9f3183a0ee..2bcf138c27 100644
--- a/sprintf.c
+++ b/sprintf.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ rb_str_format(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE fmt)
 		str = rb_obj_as_string(arg);
 		if (OBJ_TAINTED(str)) tainted = 1;
 		len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
-		enc = rb_enc_check(result, str);
+		enc = rb_enc_check(rb_str_substr(result, 0, blen), str);
 		if (flags&(FPREC|FWIDTH)) {
 		    slen = rb_enc_strlen(RSTRING_PTR(str),RSTRING_END(str),enc);
 		    if (slen < 0) {