diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index 57cae9aa047..88df8f6edb2 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ PHP 8.6 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
   . The zend_get_call_trampoline_func() API now takes the __call or
     __callStatic zend_function* instead of a CE and a boolean argument.
   . The zend_set_hash_symbol() API has been removed.
+  . Added zend_hash_str_lookup().
 
 ========================
 2. Build system changes
diff --git a/Zend/zend_hash.c b/Zend/zend_hash.c
index 6064b422183..c00397e9fe9 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_hash.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_hash.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,13 @@ ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_str_add_new(HashTable *ht, const char *st
 	return _zend_hash_str_add_or_update_i(ht, str, len, h, pData, HASH_ADD_NEW);
 }
 
+ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_str_lookup(HashTable *ht, const char *str, size_t len)
+{
+	zend_ulong h = zend_hash_func(str, len);
+
+	return _zend_hash_str_add_or_update_i(ht, str, len, h, NULL, HASH_LOOKUP);
+}
+
 ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_index_add_empty_element(HashTable *ht, zend_ulong h)
 {
 	zval dummy;
diff --git a/Zend/zend_hash.h b/Zend/zend_hash.h
index 3a501b7f37d..70d9721cb7a 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_hash.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_hash.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static zend_always_inline zval *zend_hash_find_ex(const HashTable *ht, zend_stri
 /* Find or add NULL, if doesn't exist */
 ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_lookup(HashTable *ht, zend_string *key);
 ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_index_lookup(HashTable *ht, zend_ulong h);
+ZEND_API zval* ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_str_lookup(HashTable *ht, const char *str, size_t len);
 
 #define ZEND_HASH_INDEX_LOOKUP(_ht, _h, _ret) do { \
 		if (EXPECTED(HT_IS_PACKED(_ht))) { \
diff --git a/ext/standard/iptc.c b/ext/standard/iptc.c
index 44dd33bab10..5078c0813cc 100644
--- a/ext/standard/iptc.c
+++ b/ext/standard/iptc.c
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(iptcparse)
 	unsigned char *buffer, recnum, dataset;
 	char *str, key[16];
 	size_t str_len;
-	zval values, *element;
 
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(1, 1)
 		Z_PARAM_STRING(str, str_len)
@@ -357,10 +356,9 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(iptcparse)
 			array_init(return_value);
 		}
 
-		if ((element = zend_hash_str_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), key, strlen(key))) == NULL) {
-			array_init(&values);
-
-			element = zend_hash_str_update(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), key, strlen(key), &values);
+		zval *element = zend_hash_str_lookup(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), key, strlen(key));
+		if (Z_ISNULL_P(element)) {
+			array_init(element);
 		}
 
 		add_next_index_stringl(element, (char *) buffer+inx, len);