diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 5265d3a3a5d141..92338bb7549b1e 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -4090,6 +4090,9 @@ static VALUE
 str_shrink(VALUE str)
 {
     rb_str_resize(str, RSTRING_LEN(str));
+    // expand_path on Windows can sometimes mutate the string
+    // without clearing its coderange
+    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
     return str;
 }
 
diff --git a/sprintf.c b/sprintf.c
index 2b2b34b5b4b190..1ee293b6d96808 100644
--- a/sprintf.c
+++ b/sprintf.c
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ rb_str_format(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE fmt)
         if (RTEST(ruby_verbose)) rb_warn("%s", mesg);
     }
     rb_str_resize(result, blen);
+    // rb_str_format mutates the string without updating coderange
+    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(result);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -1163,6 +1165,8 @@ ruby_vsprintf0(VALUE result, char *p, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
     buffer.value = 0;
     BSD_vfprintf(&f, fmt, ap);
     RBASIC_SET_CLASS_RAW(result, klass);
+    // vfprintf mutates the string without updating coderange
+    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(result);
     rb_str_resize(result, (char *)f._p - RSTRING_PTR(result));
 #undef f
 }
@@ -1183,7 +1187,6 @@ rb_enc_vsprintf(rb_encoding *enc, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
         rb_enc_associate(result, enc);
     }
     ruby_vsprintf0(result, RSTRING_PTR(result), fmt, ap);
-
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index e74783cf923652..6f211b200524bc 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -2498,7 +2498,6 @@ rb_str_modify_expand(VALUE str, long expand)
     else if (expand > 0) {
         RESIZE_CAPA_TERM(str, len + expand, termlen);
     }
-    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
 }
 
 /* As rb_str_modify(), but don't clear coderange */
@@ -3073,16 +3072,16 @@ rb_str_set_len(VALUE str, long len)
 VALUE
 rb_str_resize(VALUE str, long len)
 {
-    long slen;
-    int independent;
-
     if (len < 0) {
         rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative string size (or size too big)");
     }
 
-    independent = str_independent(str);
-    ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
-    slen = RSTRING_LEN(str);
+    int independent = str_independent(str);
+    long slen = RSTRING_LEN(str);
+
+    if (slen > len && ENC_CODERANGE(str) != ENC_CODERANGE_7BIT) {
+        ENC_CODERANGE_CLEAR(str);
+    }
 
     {
         long capa;
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb b/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
index f2e73eb58dce43..b05f4f3e448506 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_sprintf.rb
@@ -507,6 +507,16 @@ def test_named_typed_enc
     end
   end
 
+  def test_coderange
+    format_str = "wrong constant name %s"
+    interpolated_str = "\u3042"
+    assert_predicate format_str, :ascii_only?
+    refute_predicate interpolated_str, :ascii_only?
+
+    str = format_str % interpolated_str
+    refute_predicate str, :ascii_only?
+  end
+
   def test_named_default
     h = Hash.new('world')
     assert_equal("hello world", "hello %{location}" % h)