diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d4f2a68d30..b8d4a1c067 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Nov 10 19:47:55 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* dir.c (glob_helper): path is a string object now.
+
 Wed Nov 10 12:31:21 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* README.EXT (Example): extconf.rb is indispensable now.
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 0c22522370..1e03d412f9 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ glob_helper(path, dirsep, exist, isdir, beg, end, flags, func, arg)
 
     if (RSTRING(path)->len > 0) {
 	if (match_all && exist == UNKNOWN) {
-	    if (do_lstat(path, &st) == 0) {
+	    if (do_lstat(RSTRING(path)->ptr, &st) == 0) {
 		exist = YES;
 		isdir = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? YES : S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ? UNKNOWN : NO;
 	    }
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ glob_helper(path, dirsep, exist, isdir, beg, end, flags, func, arg)
 	}
 
 	if (match_dir && isdir == UNKNOWN) {
-	    if (do_stat(path, &st) == 0) {
+	    if (do_stat(RSTRING(path)->ptr, &st) == 0) {
 		exist = YES;
 		isdir = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? YES : NO;
 	    }