diff --git a/ext/spl/spl_directory.c b/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
index e459cce8cf9..fe5043e3758 100644
--- a/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
+++ b/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
@@ -1458,9 +1458,11 @@ PHP_METHOD(RecursiveDirectoryIterator, hasChildren)
 	bool allow_links = 0;
 	spl_filesystem_object *intern = Z_SPLFILESYSTEM_P(ZEND_THIS);
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "|b", &allow_links) == FAILURE) {
-		RETURN_THROWS();
-	}
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(0, 1)
+		Z_PARAM_OPTIONAL
+		Z_PARAM_BOOL(allow_links)
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
+
 	if (spl_filesystem_is_invalid_or_dot(intern->u.dir.entry.d_name)) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	} else {