diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ef520c4e34b..0a39d3f286d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - LibXML:
   . Fixed bug GH-12702 (libxml2 2.12.0 issue building from src). (nono303)
 
+- MySQLnd:
+  . Avoid using uninitialised struct. (mikhainin)
+
 - OpenSSL:
   . Fixed bug #50713 (openssl_pkcs7_verify() may ignore untrusted CAs).
     (Jakub Zelenka)
diff --git a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_result.c b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_result.c
index 923b2049914..f96ca410b23 100644
--- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_result.c
+++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_result.c
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ mysqlnd_query_read_result_set_header(MYSQLND_CONN_DATA * conn, MYSQLND_STMT * s)
 					}
 					MYSQLND_INC_CONN_STATISTIC(conn->stats, statistic);
 				}
+				PACKET_FREE(&fields_eof);
 			} while (0);
-			PACKET_FREE(&fields_eof);
 			break; /* switch break */
 		}
 	} while (0);