diff --git a/Zend/zend_API.h b/Zend/zend_API.h
index 8209cce2dcaf8..bb63a23ce332c 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_API.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_API.h
@@ -1203,10 +1203,12 @@ static zend_always_inline int zend_parse_arg_path(zval *arg, char **dest, size_t
 {
 	zend_string *str;
 
-	if (!zend_parse_arg_path_str(arg, &str, check_null)) {
+	if (!zend_parse_arg_str(arg, &str, check_null) ||
+	    UNEXPECTED(CHECK_NULL_PATH(str->val, str->len))) {
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (check_null && UNEXPECTED(!str)) {
+
+	if (check_null && (UNEXPECTED(!str))) {
 		*dest = NULL;
 		*dest_len = 0;
 	} else {