1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c
index aa1228b9a7..2a3439aca8 100644
--- a/dump.c
+++ b/dump.c
@@ -2451,10 +2451,9 @@ Perl_do_pmop_xmldump(pTHX_ I32 level, PerlIO *file, const PMOP *pm)
     Perl_xmldump_indent(aTHX_ level, file, "<pmop \n");
     level++;
     if (PM_GETRE(pm)) {
-	const char * const s = PM_GETRE(pm)->precomp;
-	SV * const tmpsv = newSVpvn("",0);
+	const regexp *const r = PM_GETRE(pm);
+	SV * const tmpsv = newSVpvn(r->precomp,r->prelen);
 	SvUTF8_on(tmpsv);
-	sv_catxmlpvn(tmpsv, s, strlen(s), 1);
 	Perl_xmldump_indent(aTHX_ level, file, "pre=\"%s\"\n",
 	     SvPVX(tmpsv));
 	SvREFCNT_dec(tmpsv);