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 f3d485da2f..b1b5517414 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxmlsax.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
 
       def on_start_document
-        @hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "" }
+        @hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "".dup }
         @hash_stack = [@hash]
       end
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       end
 
       def on_start_element(name, attrs = {})
-        new_hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "" }.merge!(attrs)
+        new_hash = { CONTENT_KEY => "".dup }.merge!(attrs)
         new_hash[HASH_SIZE_KEY] = new_hash.size + 1
 
         case current_hash[name]