diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9f78d73f36..af92ac5fec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Tue Oct 19 22:43:12 2004  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
 
 Tue Oct 19 20:41:37 2004  Masaki Suketa  <masaki.suketa@nifty.ne.jp>
 
-	* ext/win32ole.c(ole_invoke): retrieve the result value when 
+	* ext/win32ole.c(ole_invoke): retrieve the result value when
 	  retrying the IDispatch::invoke.
 
 Tue Oct 19 17:24:11 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index facb7438ff..9236df78e0 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6682,7 +6682,7 @@ 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, '/')) {
@@ -6786,10 +6786,6 @@ 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;