diff --git a/template/limits.c.tmpl b/template/limits.c.tmpl
index de35354829..c3c2a47624 100644
--- a/template/limits.c.tmpl
+++ b/template/limits.c.tmpl
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ void
 Init_limits(void)
 {
     VALUE h = rb_hash_new();
-    rb_define_const(rb_define_module("RbConfig"), "LIMITS", h);
+    VALUE mRbConfig = rb_define_module("RbConfig");
+    rb_define_const(mRbConfig, "LIMITS", h);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
 #ifndef ULLONG_MAX
diff --git a/template/sizes.c.tmpl b/template/sizes.c.tmpl
index 31060f5fea..d1cdbc095f 100644
--- a/template/sizes.c.tmpl
+++ b/template/sizes.c.tmpl
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ void
 Init_sizeof(void)
 {
     VALUE s = rb_hash_new();
-    rb_define_const(rb_define_module("RbConfig"), "SIZEOF", s);
+    VALUE mRbConfig = rb_define_module("RbConfig");
+    rb_define_const(mRbConfig, "SIZEOF", s);
 
 #define DEFINE(type, size) rb_hash_aset(s, rb_str_new_cstr(#type), INT2FIX(SIZEOF_##size))
 #define DEFINE_SIZE(type) rb_hash_aset(s, rb_str_new_cstr(#type), INT2FIX(sizeof(type)))