1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index eae1ebd05b..4c473a8bb4 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2856,13 +2856,10 @@ rb_reg_regsub(VALUE str, VALUE src, struct re_registers *regs, VALUE regexp)
 	}
     }
 
+    if (!val) return str;
     if (p < e) {
-	if (!val) {
-	    val = rb_str_buf_new(e-p);
-	}
         rb_str_buf_cat(val, p, e-p);
     }
-    if (!val) return str;
     rb_enc_associate(val, enc);
 
     return val;