1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 9ab850af76..fb8afdbeda 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -1725,8 +1725,8 @@ rb_str_aset(str, indx, val)
 
     switch (TYPE(indx)) {
       case T_FIXNUM:
-      num_index:
 	idx = FIX2LONG(indx);
+      num_index:
 	if (RSTRING(str)->len <= idx) {
 	  out_of_range:
 	    rb_raise(rb_eIndexError, "index %ld out of string", idx);