diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index 62a55b4df52..79785d3ced6 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -575,6 +575,10 @@ static int curl_fnmatch(void *ctx, const char *pattern, const char *string)
 	zval argv[3];
 	zval retval;
 
+	if (!ZEND_FCC_INITIALIZED(ch->handlers.fnmatch)) {
+		return rval;
+	}
+
 	GC_ADDREF(&ch->std);
 	ZVAL_OBJ(&argv[0], &ch->std);
 	ZVAL_STRING(&argv[1], pattern);
@@ -606,6 +610,9 @@ static int curl_progress(void *clientp, double dltotal, double dlnow, double ult
 	fprintf(stderr, "curl_progress() called\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "clientp = %x, dltotal = %f, dlnow = %f, ultotal = %f, ulnow = %f\n", clientp, dltotal, dlnow, ultotal, ulnow);
 #endif
+	if (!ZEND_FCC_INITIALIZED(ch->handlers.progress)) {
+		return rval;
+	}
 
 	zval args[5];
 	zval retval;
@@ -644,6 +651,9 @@ static int curl_xferinfo(void *clientp, curl_off_t dltotal, curl_off_t dlnow, cu
 	fprintf(stderr, "curl_xferinfo() called\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "clientp = %x, dltotal = %ld, dlnow = %ld, ultotal = %ld, ulnow = %ld\n", clientp, dltotal, dlnow, ultotal, ulnow);
 #endif
+	if (!ZEND_FCC_INITIALIZED(ch->handlers.xferinfo)) {
+		return rval;
+	}
 
 	zval argv[5];
 	zval retval;
diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/gh21023.phpt b/ext/curl/tests/gh21023.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9647bd7baad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/gh21023.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-21023 (crash with CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION set with an invalid callback)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+curl
+--FILE--
+<?php
+include 'server.inc';
+$host = curl_cli_server_start();
+$url = "{$host}/get.inc";
+$ch = curl_init($url);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, null);
+curl_exec($ch);
+$ch = curl_init($url);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, null);
+curl_exec($ch);
+$ch = curl_init($url);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION, null);
+curl_exec($ch);
+echo "OK", PHP_EOL;
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+OK