diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e96d88f4c1c..facfaf0724c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug #78658 (Memory corruption using Closure::bindTo). (Nikita)
+  . Fixed bug #78656 (Parse errors classified as highest log-level). (Erik
+    Lundin)
 
 - Iconv:
   . Fixed bug #78642 (Wrong libiconv version displayed). (gedas at martynas,
diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index f729c2e2757..6917fe32309 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static ZEND_COLD void php_error_cb(int type, const char *error_filename, const u
 				break;
 			case E_PARSE:
 				error_type_str = "Parse error";
-				syslog_type_int = LOG_EMERG;
+				syslog_type_int = LOG_ERR;
 				break;
 			case E_NOTICE:
 			case E_USER_NOTICE: