diff --git a/ext/hash/hash.c b/ext/hash/hash.c
index 5579aeb978e..13c345de4dd 100644
--- a/ext/hash/hash.c
+++ b/ext/hash/hash.c
@@ -707,18 +707,20 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(hash_update)
 /* {{{ Pump data into the hashing algorithm from an open stream */
 PHP_FUNCTION(hash_update_stream)
 {
-	zval *zhash, *zstream;
+	zend_object *hash_obj;
 	php_hashcontext_object *hash;
 	php_stream *stream = NULL;
 	zend_long length = -1, didread = 0;
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "Or|l", &zhash, php_hashcontext_ce, &zstream, &length) == FAILURE) {
-		RETURN_THROWS();
-	}
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(2, 3)
+		Z_PARAM_OBJ_OF_CLASS(hash_obj, php_hashcontext_ce)
+		PHP_Z_PARAM_STREAM(stream)
+		Z_PARAM_OPTIONAL
+		Z_PARAM_LONG(length)
+	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
-	hash = php_hashcontext_from_object(Z_OBJ_P(zhash));
+	hash = php_hashcontext_from_object(hash_obj);
 	PHP_HASHCONTEXT_VERIFY(hash);
-	php_stream_from_zval(stream, zstream);
 
 	while (length) {
 		char buf[1024];