diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd712c3daa..0474f92093 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Oct 20 00:25:41 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (search_required): required name must not be changed before
+	  loading.  [ruby-dev:24492]
+
 Tue Oct 19 23:59:46 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_require_safe): provide the feature after loaded.
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 220af68294..81d380eb84 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6678,7 +6678,7 @@ search_required(fname, featurep, path)
     char *ext, *ftptr;
     int type;
 
-    *featurep = fname;
+    *featurep = fname = rb_str_new4(fname);
     *path = 0;
     ext = strrchr(ftptr = RSTRING(fname)->ptr, '.');
     if (ext && !strchr(ext, '/')) {
@@ -6777,10 +6777,6 @@ rb_require_safe(fname, safe)
 		    /* partial state */
 		    ftptr = ruby_strdup(RSTRING(feature)->ptr);
 		    st_insert(loading_tbl, (st_data_t)ftptr, (st_data_t)curr_thread);
-		    if (feature == fname && !OBJ_FROZEN(feature)) {
-			feature = rb_str_dup(feature);
-			OBJ_FREEZE(feature);
-		    }
 		    rb_load(path, 0);
 		    break;