diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index acd0d6835df..94406e69f83 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ PHP 4                                                                      NEWS
 - Fixed bug #22154 (Possible crash when memory_limit is reached and
   output buffering in addition to session.use_trans_sid is used). (Ilia)
 - Fixed bug #24883 (variables_order and gpc_order being ignored). (Ilia)
+- Fixed bug #24871 (methods misidentified as constructors). (Ilia)
 
 30 Jul 2003, Version 4.3.3RC2
 - Improved the NSAPI SAPI module (Uwe Schindler)
diff --git a/ext/standard/aggregation.c b/ext/standard/aggregation.c
index 69eb36ca48a..a2501682490 100644
--- a/ext/standard/aggregation.c
+++ b/ext/standard/aggregation.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void aggregate_methods(zend_class_entry *ce, zend_class_entry *from_ce, i
 
 			/* We do not aggregate:
 			 * 1. constructors */
-			if (!strncmp(func_name, from_ce->name, MIN(func_name_len-1, from_ce->name_length)) ||
+			if (!strncmp(func_name, from_ce->name, MAX(func_name_len-1, from_ce->name_length)) ||
 			/* 2. private methods (heh, like we really have them) */
 				func_name[0] == '_' ||
 			/* 3. explicitly excluded methods */
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/aggregation/bug24871.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/aggregation/bug24871.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec34fd38775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/aggregation/bug24871.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #24871 (methods misidentified as constructors)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class a { }
+
+class b {
+	function bb() {
+		var_dump(method_exists($this, "bb"));
+	}
+}
+
+$a = new a();
+aggregate($a, "b");
+$a->bb();
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)