1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 6742e04a11..d71425d1ac 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ static void
 rb_str_splice_0(VALUE str, long beg, long len, VALUE val)
 {
     if (beg == 0 && RSTRING_LEN(val) == 0) {
-	rb_str_drop(str, len);
+	rb_str_drop_bytes(str, len);
 	OBJ_INFECT(str, val);
 	return;
     }