1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/process.c b/process.c
index 666743d68..3ffd6d353 100644
--- a/process.c
+++ b/process.c
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@ rb_spawn(int argc, VALUE *argv)
     status = rb_fork(&status, rb_exec_atfork, &earg, earg.redirect_fds);
     if (prog && earg.argc) earg.argv[0] = prog;
 #elif defined HAVE_SPAWNV
+    argc = earg.argc;
+    argv = earg.argv;
     if (!argc) {
 	status = proc_spawn(RSTRING_PTR(prog));
     }
@@ -2565,6 +2567,8 @@ rb_spawn(int argc, VALUE *argv)
     }
     if (prog && argc) argv[0] = prog;
 #else
+    argc = earg.argc;
+    argv = earg.argv;
     if (prog && argc) argv[0] = prog;
     if (argc) prog = rb_ary_join(rb_ary_new4(argc, argv), rb_str_new2(" "));
     status = system(StringValuePtr(prog));