diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c278090b9450d..7ba6d2a0d6712 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   zero). (Tony)
 - Fixed bug #34982 (array_walk_recursive() modifies elements outside function
   scope). (Dmitry)
+- Fixed bug #34978 (php out of memory or segmentation fault while installing
+  sugarcrm 3.5.1a). (Dmitry)
 - Fixed bug #34977 (Compile failure on MacOSX due to use of varargs.h). (Tony)
 - Fixed bug #34950 (Unable to get WSDL through proxy). (Dmitry)
 - Fixed bug #34938 (dns_get_record() doesn't resolve long hostnames and 
diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
index b708de33c4b73..335ec97a6985d 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
@@ -397,6 +397,13 @@ ZEND_API void _zval_ptr_dtor(zval **zval_ptr ZEND_FILE_LINE_DC)
 		zval_dtor(zv);
 		safe_free_zval_ptr_rel(zv ZEND_FILE_LINE_RELAY_CC ZEND_FILE_LINE_CC);
 	} else if (zv->refcount == 1) {
+		if ((*zval_ptr)->type == IS_OBJECT) {
+			TSRMLS_FETCH();
+
+			if (EG(ze1_compatibility_mode)) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		zv->is_ref = 0;
 	}
 }