1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rb/src/IceRuby/Util.cpp b/rb/src/IceRuby/Util.cpp
index b02d2efcaba..b3eaed02074 100644
--- a/rb/src/IceRuby/Util.cpp
+++ b/rb/src/IceRuby/Util.cpp
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ IceRuby::stringSeqToArray(const vector<string>& seq)
     for(vector<string>::const_iterator p = seq.begin(); p != seq.end(); ++p, ++i)
     {
         RARRAY(result)->ptr[i] = createString(*p);
+        RARRAY(result)->len++; // Increment len for each new element to prevent premature GC.
     }
-    RARRAY(result)->len = static_cast<long>(seq.size());
     return result;
 }