diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf7bd2515e4..796258815b2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fix 32-bit wordwrap test failures. (orlitzky)
   . Fixed bug GH-14774 (time_sleep_until overflow). (David Carlier)
 
+- Tidy:
+  . Fix memory leak in tidy_repair_file(). (nielsdos)
+
 - Treewide:
   . Fix compatibility with libxml2 2.13.2. (nielsdos)
 
diff --git a/ext/tidy/tests/parsing_file_too_large.phpt b/ext/tidy/tests/parsing_file_too_large.phpt
index 46196c0a5fd..a0118ba9ebd 100644
--- a/ext/tidy/tests/parsing_file_too_large.phpt
+++ b/ext/tidy/tests/parsing_file_too_large.phpt
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ try {
 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
     echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
 }
+
+try {
+    tidy_repair_file($path);
+} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
+}
 ?>
 --CLEAN--
 <?php
@@ -58,3 +64,4 @@ int(0)
 ValueError: Input string is too long
 ValueError: Input string is too long
 ValueError: Input string is too long
+ValueError: tidy_repair_file(): Argument #1 ($filename) Input string is too long
diff --git a/ext/tidy/tidy.c b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
index a2e4dec90a3..38e97a71a2a 100644
--- a/ext/tidy/tidy.c
+++ b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
@@ -304,7 +304,12 @@ static void php_tidy_quick_repair(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, bool is_file)
 	}
 
 	if (ZEND_SIZE_T_UINT_OVFL(ZSTR_LEN(data))) {
-		zend_argument_value_error(1, "is too long");
+		if (is_file) {
+			zend_string_release_ex(data, false);
+			zend_argument_value_error(1, "Input string is too long");
+		} else {
+			zend_argument_value_error(1, "is too long");
+		}
 		RETURN_THROWS();
 	}