diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1f7d2ff730..387a3b2f1c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Mar 29 22:56:44 2016  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
+
+	* lib/resolv.rb (Resolv::IPv6.create): avoid modifying frozen
+	* test/resolv/test_dns.rb (test_ipv6_create): test for above
+	  [Bug #11910] [ruby-core:72559]
+
 Tue Mar 29 22:31:48 2016  Shugo Maeda  <shugo@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* range.c (range_eqq): revert r11113 because rb_call_super() is
diff --git a/lib/resolv.rb b/lib/resolv.rb
index 61bed16b3f..9a981b99bd 100644
--- a/lib/resolv.rb
+++ b/lib/resolv.rb
@@ -2451,14 +2451,14 @@ class Resolv
       when IPv6
         return arg
       when String
-        address = ''
+        address = ''.b
         if Regex_8Hex =~ arg
           arg.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| address << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
         elsif Regex_CompressedHex =~ arg
           prefix = $1
           suffix = $2
-          a1 = ''
-          a2 = ''
+          a1 = ''.b
+          a2 = ''.b
           prefix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a1 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
           suffix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a2 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
           omitlen = 16 - a1.length - a2.length
@@ -2474,8 +2474,8 @@ class Resolv
         elsif Regex_CompressedHex4Dec =~ arg
           prefix, suffix, a, b, c, d = $1, $2, $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i, $6.to_i
           if (0..255) === a && (0..255) === b && (0..255) === c && (0..255) === d
-            a1 = ''
-            a2 = ''
+            a1 = ''.b
+            a2 = ''.b
             prefix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a1 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
             suffix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a2 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
             omitlen = 12 - a1.length - a2.length
diff --git a/test/resolv/test_dns.rb b/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
index 338130e64f..d1431c1427 100644
--- a/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
+++ b/test/resolv/test_dns.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ class TestResolvDNS < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal(expected, labels)
   end
 
+  def test_ipv6_create
+    ref = '[Bug #11910] [ruby-core:72559]'
+    assert_instance_of Resolv::IPv6, Resolv::IPv6.create('::1')
+    assert_instance_of Resolv::IPv6, Resolv::IPv6.create('::1:127.0.0.1')
+  end
+
   def test_too_big_label_address
     n = 2000
     m = Resolv::DNS::Message::MessageEncoder.new {|msg|
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index bfafe797c5..91980039f4 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.3.0"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2016-03-29"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 52
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 53
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2016
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 3