diff --git a/ext/soap/php_http.c b/ext/soap/php_http.c
index 088d6605b3c..c9a4e484359 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_http.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_http.c
@@ -1303,10 +1303,10 @@ try_again:
 		if ((strcmp(content_encoding,"gzip") == 0 ||
 		     strcmp(content_encoding,"x-gzip") == 0) &&
 		     (decompression_fn = zend_hash_str_find_ptr(EG(function_table), "gzdecode", sizeof("gzdecode")-1))) {
-			ZVAL_STR_COPY(&params[0], http_body);
+			ZVAL_STR(&params[0], http_body);
 		} else if (strcmp(content_encoding,"deflate") == 0 &&
 		           (decompression_fn = zend_hash_str_find_ptr(EG(function_table), "gzuncompress", sizeof("gzuncompress")-1))) {
-			ZVAL_STR_COPY(&params[0], http_body);
+			ZVAL_STR(&params[0], http_body);
 		} else {
 			efree(content_encoding);
 			zend_string_release_ex(http_headers, 0);
@@ -1319,11 +1319,9 @@ try_again:
 		}
 		zend_call_known_function(decompression_fn, NULL, NULL, &retval, 1, params, NULL);
 		if (Z_TYPE(retval) == IS_STRING) {
-			zval_ptr_dtor(&params[0]);
 			zend_string_release_ex(http_body, 0);
 			ZVAL_COPY_VALUE(return_value, &retval);
 		} else {
-			zval_ptr_dtor(&params[0]);
 			zval_ptr_dtor(&retval);
 			efree(content_encoding);
 			zend_string_release_ex(http_headers, 0);