1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 712c963058..b770daf681 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -11630,10 +11630,15 @@ sym_inspect(VALUE sym)
     }
     else {
         rb_encoding *enc = STR_ENC_GET(str);
-        RSTRING_GETMEM(str, ptr, len);
+
+        VALUE orig_str = str;
+        RSTRING_GETMEM(orig_str, ptr, len);
+
         str = rb_enc_str_new(0, len + 1, enc);
         dest = RSTRING_PTR(str);
         memcpy(dest + 1, ptr, len);
+
+        RB_GC_GUARD(orig_str);
     }
     dest[0] = ':';
     return str;