1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 4ac42dabb..ec37d03c0 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -1010,9 +1010,10 @@ read_all(fptr, siz, str)
 
     if (siz == 0) siz = BUFSIZ;
     if (NIL_P(str)) {
-	str = rb_tainted_str_new(0, siz);
+	str = rb_str_new(0, siz);
     }
     else {
+	StringValue(str);
 	rb_str_resize(str, siz);
     }
     for (;;) {
@@ -1033,6 +1034,7 @@ read_all(fptr, siz, str)
 	rb_str_resize(str, siz);
     }
     if (bytes != siz) rb_str_resize(str, bytes);
+    OBJ_TAINT(str);
 
     return str;
 }
@@ -1074,7 +1076,7 @@ io_read(argc, argv, io)
     }
 
     if (NIL_P(str)) {
-	str = rb_str_new(0, len);
+	str = rb_tainted_str_new(0, len);
     }
     else {
 	StringValue(str);