diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f58c58d273..25049d2619 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-Sat Jun 13 14:57:36 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Sat Jun 13 14:58:57 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* load.c (rb_require_safe): FilePathValue() implies rb_str_new4().
 
 	* load.c (rb_mod_autoload): try conversion to path like as
 	  require.  [ruby-core:23834]
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index 645dca2040..6e554f1d8b 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ load_ext(VALUE path)
 VALUE
 rb_require_safe(VALUE fname, int safe)
 {
-    VALUE result = Qnil;
+    volatile VALUE result = Qnil;
     rb_thread_t *th = GET_THREAD();
     volatile VALUE errinfo = th->errinfo;
     int state;
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ rb_require_safe(VALUE fname, int safe)
 
 	rb_set_safe_level_force(safe);
 	FilePathValue(fname);
-	RB_GC_GUARD(fname) = rb_str_new4(fname);
 	rb_set_safe_level_force(0);
 	found = search_required(fname, &path);
 	if (found) {