diff --git a/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-regexp-object.c b/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-regexp-object.c
index 0210940e9..1aeca9962 100644
--- a/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-regexp-object.c
+++ b/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-regexp-object.c
@@ -1434,15 +1434,13 @@ ecma_regexp_exec_helper (ecma_value_t regexp_value, /**< RegExp object */
           capture_value = ecma_make_string_value (capture_str_p);
         }
 
-        ECMA_TRY_CATCH (put_value,
-                        ecma_op_object_put (result_array_obj_p,
-                                            index_str_p,
-                                            capture_value,
-                                            true),
-                        ret_value);
-        ECMA_FINALIZE (put_value);
+        ecma_property_t *prop_p;
+        prop_p = ecma_create_named_data_property (result_array_obj_p,
+                                                  index_str_p,
+                                                  ECMA_PROPERTY_CONFIGURABLE_ENUMERABLE_WRITABLE);
+        ecma_set_named_data_property_value (prop_p, capture_value);
 
-        ecma_free_value (capture_value);
+        JERRY_ASSERT (!ecma_is_value_object (capture_value));
         ecma_deref_ecma_string (index_str_p);
       }
 
diff --git a/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-1078.js b/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-1078.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25ae8b1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-1078.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+// Copyright 2016 University of Szeged.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+Array.prototype.splice(Function.prototype, 1, this);
+Object.freeze(Array.prototype);
+var res = (new String("Hello")).split(new RegExp());
+assert(res.length == 5);
diff --git a/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-787.js b/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-787.js
index b822cf65d..a5be343d2 100644
--- a/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-787.js
+++ b/tests/jerry/regression-test-issue-787.js
@@ -15,13 +15,4 @@
 
 Array.prototype.push(Math.sin);
 Object.freeze(Array.prototype);
-
-try
-{
-  String.prototype.match(String.prototype);
-  assert (false);
-}
-catch (e)
-{
-  assert (e instanceof TypeError);
-}
+String.prototype.match(String.prototype);