diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index aba1f37e64c..2a0c1c88b7e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ static void register_standard_class(TSRMLS_D)
 	zend_standard_class_def = malloc(sizeof(zend_class_entry));
 
 	zend_standard_class_def->type = ZEND_INTERNAL_CLASS;
-	zend_standard_class_def->name = zend_strndup("stdClass", zend_standard_class_def->name_length);
 	zend_standard_class_def->name_length = sizeof("stdClass") - 1;
+	zend_standard_class_def->name = zend_strndup("stdClass", zend_standard_class_def->name_length);
 	zend_standard_class_def->parent = NULL;
 	zend_initialize_class_data(zend_standard_class_def, 1 TSRMLS_CC);