convert match data to string
diff --git a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/grpc.rb b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/grpc.rb
index 5f0c42c..f46710d 100644
--- a/src/ruby/lib/grpc/grpc.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/lib/grpc/grpc.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
begin
- ruby_version_dirname = /(\d+\.\d+)/.match(RUBY_VERSION)
+ ruby_version_dirname = /(\d+\.\d+)/.match(RUBY_VERSION).to_s
distrib_lib_dir = File.expand_path(ruby_version_dirname,
File.dirname(__FILE__))
if File.directory?(distrib_lib_dir)