diff --git a/ext/soap/soap.c b/ext/soap/soap.c
index fc51e32658f3a..4a4fa4f4e626b 100644
--- a/ext/soap/soap.c
+++ b/ext/soap/soap.c
@@ -880,7 +880,13 @@ PHP_METHOD(SoapServer, __construct)
 	service->soap_functions.ft = zend_new_array(0);
 
 	if (wsdl) {
-		service->sdl = get_sdl(ZEND_THIS, ZSTR_VAL(wsdl), cache_wsdl);
+		zend_try {
+			service->sdl = get_sdl(ZEND_THIS, ZSTR_VAL(wsdl), cache_wsdl);
+		} zend_catch {
+			xmlCharEncCloseFunc(service->encoding);
+			service->encoding = NULL;
+			zend_bailout();
+		} zend_end_try();
 		if (service->uri == NULL) {
 			if (service->sdl->target_ns) {
 				service->uri = estrdup(service->sdl->target_ns);
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/bugs/gh19784.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/gh19784.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f718e74c4598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/gh19784.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-19784 (SoapServer memory leak)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+soap
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$v_5256 = 'zpHOks6TzpTOlc6WzpfOmM6ZzprOm86czp3Ons6fzqDOoc6jzqTOpc6mzqfOqM6p';
+$v_5257 = base64_decode($v_5256,);
+$v_5238 = array('encoding' => $v_5257);
+new SoapServer('foobarbaz',$v_5238,);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><SOAP-ENV:Body><SOAP-ENV:Fault><faultcode>%s</faultcode><faultstring>%a