1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index dbd2d2d8f8..b5216718b2 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ Perl_my_popen(pTHX_ const char *cmd, const char *mode)
 	    PerlProc__exit(1);
 	}
 #endif	/* defined OS2 */
-	if ((tmpgv = gv_fetchpv("$",TRUE, SVt_PV))) {
+	if ((tmpgv = gv_fetchpvs("$",TRUE, SVt_PV))) {
 	    SvREADONLY_off(GvSV(tmpgv));
 	    sv_setiv(GvSV(tmpgv), PerlProc_getpid());
 	    SvREADONLY_on(GvSV(tmpgv));