1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index b1a38cc707..4b6851b44d 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -7808,6 +7808,7 @@ rb_f_backquote(VALUE obj, VALUE str)
     rb_io_t *fptr;
 
     SafeStringValue(str);
+    rb_last_status_clear();
     port = pipe_open_s(str, "r", FMODE_READABLE|DEFAULT_TEXTMODE, NULL);
     if (NIL_P(port)) return rb_str_new(0,0);