diff --git a/Zend/tests/gh19839.phpt b/Zend/tests/gh19839.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cc589ce0605f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/gh19839.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-19839: Incorrect HASH_FLAG_HAS_EMPTY_IND flag on userland array
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+const X = 'x';
+
+$x = null;
+unset(${X});
+
+$a = $GLOBALS;
+sort($a);
+serialize($a);
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECT--
+===DONE===
diff --git a/Zend/zend_hash.c b/Zend/zend_hash.c
index 07d5bed6d7655..fdc05ff8cbfae 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_hash.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_hash.c
@@ -2466,6 +2466,7 @@ ZEND_API HashTable* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_array_dup(HashTable *source)
 		target->nTableSize = HT_MIN_SIZE;
 		HT_SET_DATA_ADDR(target, &uninitialized_bucket);
 	} else if (GC_FLAGS(source) & IS_ARRAY_IMMUTABLE) {
+		ZEND_ASSERT(!(HT_FLAGS(source) & HASH_FLAG_HAS_EMPTY_IND));
 		HT_FLAGS(target) = HT_FLAGS(source) & HASH_FLAG_MASK;
 		target->nTableMask = source->nTableMask;
 		target->nNumUsed = source->nNumUsed;
@@ -2482,6 +2483,7 @@ ZEND_API HashTable* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_array_dup(HashTable *source)
 			memcpy(HT_GET_DATA_ADDR(target), HT_GET_DATA_ADDR(source), HT_USED_SIZE(source));
 		}
 	} else if (HT_IS_PACKED(source)) {
+		ZEND_ASSERT(!(HT_FLAGS(source) & HASH_FLAG_HAS_EMPTY_IND));
 		HT_FLAGS(target) = HT_FLAGS(source) & HASH_FLAG_MASK;
 		target->nTableMask = HT_MIN_MASK;
 		target->nNumUsed = source->nNumUsed;
@@ -2501,7 +2503,8 @@ ZEND_API HashTable* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_array_dup(HashTable *source)
 			zend_array_dup_packed_elements(source, target, 1);
 		}
 	} else {
-		HT_FLAGS(target) = HT_FLAGS(source) & HASH_FLAG_MASK;
+		/* Indirects are removed during duplication, remove HASH_FLAG_HAS_EMPTY_IND accordingly. */
+		HT_FLAGS(target) = HT_FLAGS(source) & (HASH_FLAG_MASK & ~HASH_FLAG_HAS_EMPTY_IND);
 		target->nTableMask = source->nTableMask;
 		target->nNextFreeElement = source->nNextFreeElement;
 		target->nInternalPointer =