diff --git a/ext/wddx/tests/bug73631.phpt b/ext/wddx/tests/bug73631.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e37ae82692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/wddx/tests/bug73631.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #73631 (Memory leak due to invalid wddx stack processing)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("wddx")) print "skip"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$xml = <<<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<wddxPacket version="1.0">
+<number>1234</number>
+<binary><boolean/></binary>
+</wddxPacket>
+EOF;
+$wddx = wddx_deserialize($xml);
+var_dump($wddx);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+int(1234)
+
diff --git a/ext/wddx/wddx.c b/ext/wddx/wddx.c
index 6b8e621ccf1..3cefd48ce90 100644
--- a/ext/wddx/wddx.c
+++ b/ext/wddx/wddx.c
@@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ static void php_wddx_push_element(void *user_data, const XML_Char *name, const X
 				php_wddx_process_data(user_data, atts[i+1], strlen((char *)atts[i+1]));
 				break;
 			}
+		} else {
+			ent.type = ST_BOOLEAN;
+			SET_STACK_VARNAME;
+			ZVAL_FALSE(&ent.data);
+			wddx_stack_push((wddx_stack *)stack, &ent, sizeof(st_entry));
 		}
 	} else if (!strcmp((char *)name, EL_NULL)) {
 		ent.type = ST_NULL;