diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30e8528acf..11ddb26523 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Jul 20 23:31:11 2013  Aman Gupta  <tmm1@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* iseq.c (iseq_location_setup): re-use existing string when iseq has
+	  the same path and absolute_path. [Bug #8149]
+
 Sun Jul 14 00:18:08 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* sprintf.c: Fix typo patch by @hynkle [Fixes GH-357]
diff --git a/iseq.c b/iseq.c
index 567f9ea429..0af29391b0 100644
--- a/iseq.c
+++ b/iseq.c
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ iseq_location_setup(rb_iseq_t *iseq, VALUE path, VALUE absolute_path, VALUE name
 {
     rb_iseq_location_t *loc = &iseq->location;
     loc->path = path;
-    loc->absolute_path = absolute_path;
+    if (RTEST(absolute_path) && rb_str_cmp(path, absolute_path) == 0)
+	loc->absolute_path = path;
+    else
+	loc->absolute_path = absolute_path;
     loc->label = loc->base_label = name;
     loc->first_lineno = first_lineno;
     return loc;
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index be91f44182..e81d7995e9 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.0.0"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2013-07-20"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 271
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 272
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2013
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 7