diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index 109e1734fa..8f4659db01 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -2616,12 +2616,18 @@ external_str_new_cstr(const char *p)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void
+set_progname(VALUE name)
+{
+    rb_orig_progname = rb_progname = name;
+    rb_vm_set_progname(rb_progname);
+}
+
 void
 ruby_script(const char *name)
 {
     if (name) {
-        rb_orig_progname = rb_progname = external_str_new_cstr(name);
-        rb_vm_set_progname(rb_progname);
+        set_progname(rb_str_freeze(external_str_new_cstr(name)));
     }
 }
 
@@ -2632,8 +2638,7 @@ ruby_script(const char *name)
 void
 ruby_set_script_name(VALUE name)
 {
-    rb_orig_progname = rb_progname = rb_str_dup(name);
-    rb_vm_set_progname(rb_progname);
+    set_progname(rb_str_new_frozen(name));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2757,7 +2762,7 @@ ruby_process_options(int argc, char **argv)
         origarg.argc = argc;
         origarg.argv = argv;
     }
-    ruby_script(script_name);  /* for the time being */
+    set_progname(external_str_new_cstr(script_name));  /* for the time being */
     rb_argv0 = rb_str_new4(rb_progname);
     rb_gc_register_mark_object(rb_argv0);
     iseq = process_options(argc, argv, cmdline_options_init(&opt));
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/process/argv0_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/process/argv0_spec.rb
index 0d02248b6d..7c2342f959 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/process/argv0_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/process/argv0_spec.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ describe "Process.argv0" do
     end
   end
 
-  it "returns a non frozen object" do
-    Process.argv0.should_not.frozen?
+  ruby_bug "#19597", ""..."3.3" do
+    it "returns a frozen object" do
+      Process.argv0.should.frozen?
+    end
   end
 
   it "returns every time the same object" do
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_process.rb b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
index a259764041..66624644e9 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_process.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
@@ -1424,6 +1424,11 @@ class TestProcess < Test::Unit::TestCase
     REPRO
   end
 
+  def test_argv0_frozen
+    assert_predicate Process.argv0, :frozen?
+    assert_predicate $0, :frozen?
+  end
+
   def test_status
     with_tmpchdir do
       s = run_in_child("exit 1")
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index 20cd8edd7c..b6b8ca80f5 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -3979,7 +3979,8 @@ rb_vm_set_progname(VALUE filename)
     rb_control_frame_t *cfp = (void *)(th->ec->vm_stack + th->ec->vm_stack_size);
     --cfp;
 
-    rb_iseq_pathobj_set(cfp->iseq, rb_str_dup(filename), rb_iseq_realpath(cfp->iseq));
+    filename = rb_str_new_frozen(filename);
+    rb_iseq_pathobj_set(cfp->iseq, filename, rb_iseq_realpath(cfp->iseq));
 }
 
 extern const struct st_hash_type rb_fstring_hash_type;