diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ac498ba19..77e34fd7d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Sep  9 05:48:42 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
+
+	* symbol.c (rb_intern_cstr_without_pindown): check dsymbol on return
+	  This is not a complete fix for bug 10206, but seems to reduce
+	  that crash and also looks correct.
+
 Tue Sep  9 04:36:24 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
 
 	* vm_core.h (rb_env_t): use flexible array
diff --git a/symbol.c b/symbol.c
index 630a386eb0..9cb2fe478e 100644
--- a/symbol.c
+++ b/symbol.c
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ rb_intern_cstr_without_pindown(const char *name, long len, rb_encoding *enc)
     OBJ_FREEZE(str);
 
     if (st_lookup(global_symbols.str_id, str, &id)) {
+	if (ID_DYNAMIC_SYM_P((ID)id)) {
+	    return (ID)dsymbol_check((VALUE)id);
+	}
 	return (ID)id;
     }