2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 71696149d7..0311bf0cce 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ dir_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE dir)
     const char *path;
 
     if (!keyword_ids[0]) {
-	keyword_ids[0] = rb_intern("encoding");
+	keyword_ids[0] = rb_id_encoding();
     }
 
     fsenc = rb_filesystem_encoding();
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 99cd9bb5cd..d5bd2fc84f 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -12494,7 +12494,7 @@ Init_IO(void)
     sym_flags = ID2SYM(rb_intern("flags"));
     sym_extenc = ID2SYM(rb_intern("external_encoding"));
     sym_intenc = ID2SYM(rb_intern("internal_encoding"));
-    sym_encoding = ID2SYM(rb_intern("encoding"));
+    sym_encoding = ID2SYM(rb_id_encoding());
     sym_open_args = ID2SYM(rb_intern("open_args"));
     sym_textmode = ID2SYM(rb_intern("textmode"));
     sym_binmode = ID2SYM(rb_intern("binmode"));