diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/director_unroll_runme.rb b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/director_unroll_runme.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..957918f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/director_unroll_runme.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'director_unroll'
+
+class MyFoo < Director_unroll::Foo
+  def ping
+    "MyFoo::ping()"
+  end
+end
+
+a = MyFoo.new
+
+b = Director_unroll::Bar.new
+
+b.set(a)
+c = b.get()
+
+raise RuntimeError if a != c
+
diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx b/SWIG/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
index 4f7278789..39727b54c 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Modules/ruby.cxx
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ public:
             Wrapper_add_local(f, "resultdirector", "__DIRECTOR__ *resultdirector = 0");
             Printf(f->code, "resultdirector = dynamic_cast<__DIRECTOR__*>(result);\n");
             Printf(f->code, "if (resultdirector) {\n");
-            Printf(f->code, "  resultobj = resultdirector->__get_self();\n");
+            Printf(f->code, "  vresult = resultdirector->__get_self();\n");
             Printf(f->code, "} else {\n"); 
             Printf(f->code,"%s\n", tm);
             Printf(f->code, "}\n");