diff --git a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/sccp.c b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/sccp.c
index 1366aec49b0..44afa0ad8de 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/sccp.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/sccp.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,11 @@ static void replace_constant_operands(sccp_ctx *ctx) {
 			zend_ssa_op *ssa_op = &ssa->ops[use];
 			if (try_replace_op1(ctx, opline, ssa_op, i, value)) {
 				ZEND_ASSERT(ssa_op->op1_def == -1);
-				zend_ssa_unlink_use_chain(ssa, use, ssa_op->op1_use);
+				if (ssa_op->op1_use != ssa_op->op2_use) {
+					zend_ssa_unlink_use_chain(ssa, use, ssa_op->op1_use);
+				} else {
+					ssa_op->op2_use_chain = ssa_op->op1_use_chain;
+				}
 				ssa_op->op1_use = -1;
 				ssa_op->op1_use_chain = -1;
 			}
diff --git a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_ssa.c b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_ssa.c
index c3de23cf0c5..720a45e0ecc 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_ssa.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_ssa.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,11 @@ void zend_ssa_remove_instr(zend_ssa *ssa, zend_op *opline, zend_ssa_op *ssa_op)
 		ssa_op->res_use_chain = -1;
 	}
 	if (ssa_op->op1_use >= 0) {
-		zend_ssa_unlink_use_chain(ssa, ssa_op - ssa->ops, ssa_op->op1_use);
+		if (ssa_op->op1_use != ssa_op->op2_use) {
+			zend_ssa_unlink_use_chain(ssa, ssa_op - ssa->ops, ssa_op->op1_use);
+		} else {
+			ssa_op->op2_use_chain = ssa_op->op1_use_chain;
+		}
 		ssa_op->op1_use = -1;
 		ssa_op->op1_use_chain = -1;
 	}