diff --git a/ext/soap/soap.c b/ext/soap/soap.c
index 2c2c5b7fa986..8a103e09636d 100644
--- a/ext/soap/soap.c
+++ b/ext/soap/soap.c
@@ -1413,10 +1413,10 @@ PHP_METHOD(SoapServer, handle)
 						return;
 					}
 				}
-			}
 
-			if ((soap_action_z = zend_hash_str_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(server_vars), ZEND_STRL("HTTP_SOAPACTION"))) != NULL && Z_TYPE_P(soap_action_z) == IS_STRING) {
-				soap_action = Z_STRVAL_P(soap_action_z);
+			    if ((soap_action_z = zend_hash_str_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(server_vars), ZEND_STRL("HTTP_SOAPACTION"))) != NULL && Z_TYPE_P(soap_action_z) == IS_STRING) {
+				    soap_action = Z_STRVAL_P(soap_action_z);
+			    }
 			}
 
 			doc_request = soap_xmlParseFile("php://input");
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/gh22218.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/gh22218.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b0714037a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/gh22218.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-22218 (SoapServer::handle() segfault on non-array/unset $_SERVER)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+soap
+--CREDITS--
+Rex-Reynolds
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (php_sapi_name() == 'cli') echo 'skip needs request body (POST)';
+?>
+--POST--
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
+    xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+    <SOAP-ENV:Body>
+        <test/>
+    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$_SERVER = 79;
+$server = new SoapServer(null, ['uri' => 'http://test-uri']);
+$server->handle();
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+%AFunction 'test' doesn't exist%A