diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 779dd3ef..14c77060 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   ```
 * Fix `JSON.generate` `strict: true` mode to also restrict hash keys.
 * Fix `JSON::Coder` to also invoke block for hash keys that aren't strings nor symbols.
+* Fix `JSON.unsafe_load` usage with proc
 
 ### 2025-07-28 (2.13.2)
 
diff --git a/lib/json/common.rb b/lib/json/common.rb
index 45200a83..ae9b787a 100644
--- a/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ def pretty_generate(obj, opts = nil)
   #     when Array
   #       obj.map! {|v| deserialize_obj v }
   #     end
+  #     obj
   #   })
   #   pp ruby
   # Output:
@@ -703,9 +704,13 @@ def unsafe_load(source, proc = nil, options = nil)
     if opts[:allow_blank] && (source.nil? || source.empty?)
       source = 'null'
     end
-    result = parse(source, opts)
-    recurse_proc(result, &proc) if proc
-    result
+
+    if proc
+      opts = opts.dup
+      opts[:on_load] = proc.to_proc
+    end
+
+    parse(source, opts)
   end
 
   # :call-seq:
@@ -822,6 +827,7 @@ def unsafe_load(source, proc = nil, options = nil)
   #     when Array
   #       obj.map! {|v| deserialize_obj v }
   #     end
+  #     obj
   #   })
   #   pp ruby
   # Output:
diff --git a/test/json/json_common_interface_test.rb b/test/json/json_common_interface_test.rb
index 745400fa..03e15226 100644
--- a/test/json/json_common_interface_test.rb
+++ b/test/json/json_common_interface_test.rb
@@ -162,6 +162,87 @@ def test_load_null
     assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.load('', nil, :allow_blank => false) }
   end
 
+  def test_unsafe_load
+    string_able_klass = Class.new do
+      def initialize(str)
+        @str = str
+      end
+
+      def to_str
+        @str
+      end
+    end
+
+    io_able_klass = Class.new do
+      def initialize(str)
+        @str = str
+      end
+
+      def to_io
+        StringIO.new(@str)
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal @hash, JSON.unsafe_load(@json)
+    tempfile = Tempfile.open('@json')
+    tempfile.write @json
+    tempfile.rewind
+    assert_equal @hash, JSON.unsafe_load(tempfile)
+    stringio = StringIO.new(@json)
+    stringio.rewind
+    assert_equal @hash, JSON.unsafe_load(stringio)
+    string_able = string_able_klass.new(@json)
+    assert_equal @hash, JSON.unsafe_load(string_able)
+    io_able = io_able_klass.new(@json)
+    assert_equal @hash, JSON.unsafe_load(io_able)
+    assert_equal nil, JSON.unsafe_load(nil)
+    assert_equal nil, JSON.unsafe_load('')
+  ensure
+    tempfile.close!
+  end
+
+  def test_unsafe_load_with_proc
+    visited = []
+    JSON.unsafe_load('{"foo": [1, 2, 3], "bar": {"baz": "plop"}}', proc { |o| visited << JSON.dump(o); o })
+
+    expected = [
+      '"foo"',
+      '1',
+      '2',
+      '3',
+      '[1,2,3]',
+      '"bar"',
+      '"baz"',
+      '"plop"',
+      '{"baz":"plop"}',
+      '{"foo":[1,2,3],"bar":{"baz":"plop"}}',
+    ]
+    assert_equal expected, visited
+  end
+
+  def test_unsafe_load_default_options
+    too_deep = '[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[["Too deep"]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]'
+    assert JSON.unsafe_load(too_deep, nil).is_a?(Array)
+    nan_json = '{ "foo": NaN }'
+    assert JSON.unsafe_load(nan_json, nil)['foo'].nan?
+    assert_equal nil, JSON.unsafe_load(nil, nil)
+    t = Time.now
+    assert_equal t, JSON.unsafe_load(JSON(t))
+  end
+
+  def test_unsafe_load_with_options
+    nan_json = '{ "foo": NaN }'
+    assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.unsafe_load(nan_json, nil, :allow_nan => false)['foo'].nan? }
+    # make sure it still uses the defaults when something is provided
+    assert JSON.unsafe_load(nan_json, nil, :allow_blank => true)['foo'].nan?
+  end
+
+  def test_unsafe_load_null
+    assert_equal nil, JSON.unsafe_load(nil, nil, :allow_blank => true)
+    assert_raise(TypeError) { JSON.unsafe_load(nil, nil, :allow_blank => false) }
+    assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) { JSON.unsafe_load('', nil, :allow_blank => false) }
+  end
+
   def test_dump
     too_deep = '[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]'
     obj = eval(too_deep)