1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb
index dcf16e6084..a22a2c9cb7 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
 
       def on_start_document
-        @hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "".dup }
+        @hash = { CONTENT_KEY => +"" }
         @hash_stack = [@hash]
       end
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
 
       def on_start_element(name, attrs = {})
-        new_hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "".dup }.merge!(attrs)
+        new_hash = { CONTENT_KEY => +"" }.merge!(attrs)
         new_hash[HASH_SIZE_KEY] = new_hash.size + 1
 
         case current_hash[name]