diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/file.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/file.rb
index 67f270a38200..735af9ae87f4 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/file.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/file.rb
@@ -1161,13 +1161,12 @@ class << self
   def initialize(path_or_fd, mode = nil, perm = nil, **options)
     if Primitive.is_a?(path_or_fd, Integer)
       super(path_or_fd, mode, **options)
-      @path = nil
     else
       path = Truffle::Type.coerce_to_path path_or_fd
       nmode, _binary, _external, _internal, _autoclose, perm = Truffle::IOOperations.normalize_options(mode, perm, options)
       fd = IO.sysopen(path, nmode, perm)
 
-      @path = path
+      options[:path] = path
       super(fd, mode, **options)
     end
   end
@@ -1208,9 +1207,6 @@ def stat
     Stat.fstat Primitive.io_fd(self)
   end
 
-  def path
-    @path.dup
-  end
   alias_method :to_path, :path
 
   def truncate(length)
diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/io.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/io.rb
index 5a25c0338f6c..fadb8e3d41ee 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/io.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/io.rb
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ def initialize(fd, mode = nil, **options)
     @external = nil
     @pid = nil
 
-    mode, binary, external, internal, autoclose_tmp, _perm = Truffle::IOOperations.normalize_options(mode, nil, options)
+    mode, binary, external, internal, autoclose_tmp, _perm, path = Truffle::IOOperations.normalize_options(mode, nil, options)
 
     fd = Truffle::Type.coerce_to(fd, Integer, :to_int)
     sync = fd == 2 # stderr is always unbuffered, see setvbuf(3)
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ def initialize(fd, mode = nil, **options)
 
     @autoclose = autoclose_tmp
     @pipe = false
+    @path = path
   end
 
   ##
@@ -1221,6 +1222,10 @@ def prepare_read_string(str)
     @lineno += 1
   end
 
+  def path
+    @path.dup
+  end
+
   ##
   # Return a string describing this IO object.
   def inspect
diff --git a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/io_operations.rb b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/io_operations.rb
index e49f89aa7421..18dd128821d8 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/io_operations.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/truffleruby/core/truffle/io_operations.rb
@@ -543,10 +543,14 @@ def self.normalize_options(mode, perm, options, default_mode = nil)
             external, internal = encoding.split(':', 2)
           end
         end
+
+        unless Primitive.nil? options[:path]
+          path = StringValue(options[:path])
+        end
       end
       external = Encoding::BINARY if binary and !external and !internal
       perm ||= 0666
-      [mode, binary, external, internal, autoclose, perm]
+      [mode, binary, external, internal, autoclose, perm, path]
     end
   end
 end