diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 36c49a8635a..08ad143e4e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #79701 (getElementById does not correctly work with duplicate
     definitions). (nielsdos)
   . Implemented "New ext-dom features in PHP 8.4" RFC. (nielsdos)
+  . Fixed GH-14698 (segfault on DOM node dereference). (David Carlier)
 
 - Fileinfo:
   . Update to libmagic 5.45. (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/gh14698.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/gh14698.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4d61b5daa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/gh14698.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-14698 crash on DOM node dereference
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--CREDITS--
+YuanchengJiang
+--FILE--
+<?php
+  $dom = new DOMDocument;
+  $dom->loadHTML('<span title="y">x</span><span title="z">x</span>');
+  $html = simplexml_import_dom($dom);
+  foreach ($html->body->span as $obj) {
+  }
+  $script1_dataflow = $html;
+  $array = ['foo'];
+  foreach ($array as $key => &$value) {
+    unset($script1_dataflow[$key]);
+  }
+  echo "DONE";
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+DONE
diff --git a/ext/libxml/libxml.c b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
index 8a6c5dec88a..26e0c289183 100644
--- a/ext/libxml/libxml.c
+++ b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
@@ -329,9 +329,13 @@ PHP_LIBXML_API void php_libxml_node_free_list(xmlNodePtr node)
 					/* This ensures that namespace references in this subtree are defined within this subtree,
 					 * otherwise a use-after-free would be possible when the original namespace holder gets freed. */
 					php_libxml_node_ptr *ptr = curnode->_private;
-					php_libxml_node_object *obj = ptr->_private;
-					if (!obj->document || obj->document->class_type < PHP_LIBXML_CLASS_MODERN) {
-						xmlReconciliateNs(curnode->doc, curnode);
+
+					/* Checking in case it runs out of reference */
+					if (ptr->_private) {
+						php_libxml_node_object *obj = ptr->_private;
+						if (!obj->document || obj->document->class_type < PHP_LIBXML_CLASS_MODERN) {
+							xmlReconciliateNs(curnode->doc, curnode);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				/* Skip freeing */