diff --git a/enum.c b/enum.c
index cbf74df484bbcd..ba0dc94744cc3b 100644
--- a/enum.c
+++ b/enum.c
@@ -3946,7 +3946,7 @@ chunk_i(RB_BLOCK_CALL_FUNC_ARGLIST(yielder, enumerator))
  *    ["F", 6860]
  *
  *  You can use the special symbol <tt>:_alone</tt> to force an element
- *  into its own separate chuck:
+ *  into its own separate chunk:
  *
  *    a = [0, 0, 1, 1]
  *    e = a.chunk{|i| i.even? ? :_alone : true }
diff --git a/ext/socket/unixsocket.c b/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
index 31e2acee04e896..2ec93760746c02 100644
--- a/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
+++ b/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ unixsock_path_value(VALUE path)
         }
     }
 #endif
+    path = rb_get_path(path);
 #ifdef _WIN32
     /* UNIXSocket requires UTF-8 per spec. */
     path = rb_str_export_to_enc(path, rb_utf8_encoding());
 #endif
-    return rb_get_path(path);
+    return path;
 }
 
 VALUE
diff --git a/test/socket/test_unix.rb b/test/socket/test_unix.rb
index 0d284b29264618..e239e3935b84d9 100644
--- a/test/socket/test_unix.rb
+++ b/test/socket/test_unix.rb
@@ -293,14 +293,18 @@ def bound_unix_socket(klass)
     File.unlink path if path && File.socket?(path)
   end
 
-  def test_open_nul_byte
-    tmpfile = Tempfile.new("s")
-    path = tmpfile.path
-    tmpfile.close(true)
-    assert_raise(ArgumentError) {UNIXServer.open(path+"\0")}
-    assert_raise(ArgumentError) {UNIXSocket.open(path+"\0")}
-  ensure
-    File.unlink path if path && File.socket?(path)
+  def test_open_argument
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {UNIXServer.new(nil)}
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {UNIXServer.new(1)}
+    Tempfile.create("s") do |s|
+      path = s.path
+      s.close
+      File.unlink(path)
+      assert_raise(ArgumentError) {UNIXServer.open(path+"\0")}
+      assert_raise(ArgumentError) {UNIXSocket.open(path+"\0")}
+      arg = Struct.new(:to_path).new(path)
+      assert_equal(path, UNIXServer.open(arg) { |server| server.path })
+    end
   end
 
   def test_addr