diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e82a54e150b..cfa0935c8d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-13773 (DatePeriod not taking into account microseconds for end
     date). (Mark Bennewitz, Derick)
 
+- DOM:
+  . Fixed bug GH-15551 (Segmentation fault (access null pointer) in
+    ext/dom/xml_common.h). (nielsdos)
+
 - MySQLnd:
   . Fixed bug GH-15432 (Heap corruption when querying a vector). (cmb,
     Kamil Tekiela)
diff --git a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
index a89da6d5431..378e841137f 100644
--- a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
+++ b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
@@ -164,13 +164,15 @@ static void php_dom_iterator_move_forward(zend_object_iterator *iter) /* {{{ */
 	xmlNodePtr curnode = NULL;
 
 	php_dom_iterator *iterator = (php_dom_iterator *)iter;
+	if (Z_ISUNDEF(iterator->curobj)) {
+		return;
+	}
 
+	dom_object *intern = Z_DOMOBJ_P(&iterator->curobj);
 	zval *object = &iterator->intern.data;
 	dom_object *nnmap = Z_DOMOBJ_P(object);
 	dom_nnodemap_object *objmap = nnmap->ptr;
 
-	dom_object *intern = Z_DOMOBJ_P(&iterator->curobj);
-
 	if (intern != NULL && intern->ptr != NULL) {
 		if (objmap->nodetype != XML_ENTITY_NODE &&
 			objmap->nodetype != XML_NOTATION_NODE) {
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/gh15551.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/gh15551.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b4b7d4e857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/gh15551.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-15551 (Segmentation fault (access null pointer) in ext/dom/xml_common.h)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$fragment = new DOMDocumentFragment();
+$nodes = $fragment->childNodes;
+$iter = $nodes->getIterator();
+$iter->next();
+var_dump($iter->valid());
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(false)