diff --git a/lib/haml/generator.rb b/lib/haml/generator.rb
index 19df4a21..0dadf023 100644
--- a/lib/haml/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/haml/generator.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
+# frozen_string_literal: false
 module Haml
   # Ruby code generator, which is a limited version of Temple::Generator.
   # Limit methods since Haml doesn't need most of them.
diff --git a/lib/haml/temple_engine.rb b/lib/haml/temple_engine.rb
index c34f0d8f..1c7928f0 100644
--- a/lib/haml/temple_engine.rb
+++ b/lib/haml/temple_engine.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module Haml
     # @return [String]
     def precompiled
       encoding = Encoding.find(@encoding || '')
-      return @precompiled.force_encoding(encoding) if encoding == Encoding::ASCII_8BIT && !@precompiled.frozen?
+      return @precompiled.force_encoding(encoding) if encoding == Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
       return @precompiled.encode(encoding)
     end