diff --git a/io_buffer.c b/io_buffer.c
index c276838a3b..87b51c0b8c 100644
--- a/io_buffer.c
+++ b/io_buffer.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,8 @@ rb_io_buffer_get_bytes(VALUE self, void **base, size_t *size)
 static inline void
 io_buffer_get_bytes_for_writing(struct rb_io_buffer *buffer, void **base, size_t *size)
 {
-    if (buffer->flags & RB_IO_BUFFER_READONLY) {
+    if (buffer->flags & RB_IO_BUFFER_READONLY ||
+        (!NIL_P(buffer->source) && OBJ_FROZEN(buffer->source))) {
         rb_raise(rb_eIOBufferAccessError, "Buffer is not writable!");
     }
 
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_io_buffer.rb b/test/ruby/test_io_buffer.rb
index f3eb37a513..1c76403b2d 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_io_buffer.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_io_buffer.rb
@@ -221,6 +221,31 @@ class TestIOBuffer < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal "Hello World", hello
   end
 
+  def test_transfer
+    hello = %w"Hello World".join(" ")
+    buffer = IO::Buffer.for(hello)
+    transferred = buffer.transfer
+    assert_equal "Hello World", transferred.get_string
+    assert_predicate buffer, :null?
+    assert_raise IO::Buffer::AccessError do
+      transferred.set_string("Goodbye")
+    end
+    assert_equal "Hello World", hello
+  end
+
+  def test_transfer_in_block
+    hello = %w"Hello World".join(" ")
+    buffer = IO::Buffer.for(hello, &:transfer)
+    assert_equal "Hello World", buffer.get_string
+    buffer.set_string("Ciao!")
+    assert_equal "Ciao! World", hello
+    hello.freeze
+    assert_raise IO::Buffer::AccessError do
+      buffer.set_string("Hola")
+    end
+    assert_equal "Ciao! World", hello
+  end
+
   def test_locked
     buffer = IO::Buffer.new(128, IO::Buffer::INTERNAL|IO::Buffer::LOCKED)
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 73c45f2756..6c541c1cbe 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 5
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 227
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 228
 
 #include "ruby/version.h"
 #include "ruby/internal/abi.h"