diff --git a/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_watch.c b/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_watch.c
index 04af26d9796..2f546a71d60 100644
--- a/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_watch.c
+++ b/sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg_watch.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ void phpdbg_setup_watchpoints(void) {
 	zend_hash_init(PHPDBG_G(watchlist_mem_backup), phpdbg_pagesize / (sizeof(Bucket) + sizeof(uint32_t)), NULL, NULL, 1);
 
 	PHPDBG_G(watch_tmp) = NULL;
+	PHPDBG_G(watchpoint_hit) = false;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_USERFAULTFD_WRITEFAULT
 	int flags = O_CLOEXEC;