1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Zend/zend_list.c b/Zend/zend_list.c
index c3401d85c0..1f97af9c0c 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_list.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_list.c
@@ -360,10 +360,7 @@ ZEND_API zend_resource* zend_register_persistent_resource(const char *key, size_
 	zend_string *str = zend_string_init(key, key_len, 1);
 	zend_resource *ret  = zend_register_persistent_resource_ex(str, rsrc_pointer, rsrc_type);
 
-	if (UNEXPECTED(ret == NULL)) {
-		free(str);
-	}
-
+	zend_string_release(str);
 	return ret;
 }