diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45690f0beb..dd29cf1761 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Mon Sep 25 23:10:46 2006  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* dir.c (rb_push_glob): need not to check by FilePathValue().
+	  [ruby-dev:29599]
+
+	* dir.c (dir_globs): ditto.
+
 Mon Sep 25 22:26:26 2006  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* file.c (rb_path_end): skip root directory.  fixed: [ruby-core:08913]
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index be594b439b..a7d85f9f5a 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1497,8 +1497,7 @@ rb_push_glob(VALUE str, int flags) /* '\0' is delimiter */
     long offset = 0;
     VALUE ary;
 
-    FilePathValue(str);
-
+    StringValue(str);
     ary = rb_ary_new();
 
     while (offset < RSTRING_LEN(str)) {
@@ -1526,7 +1525,7 @@ dir_globs(long argc, VALUE *argv, int flags)
     for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
 	int status;
 	VALUE str = argv[i];
-	FilePathValue(str);
+	StringValue(str);
 	status = push_glob(ary, RSTRING_PTR(str), flags);
 	if (status) rb_jump_tag(status);
     }