diff --git a/src/MongoDB/Query.c b/src/MongoDB/Query.c
index 362ec622c..1c02c4847 100644
--- a/src/MongoDB/Query.c
+++ b/src/MongoDB/Query.c
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ bool phongo_query_init(zval* return_value, zval* filter, zval* options)
 	if (php_array_existsc(options, "modifiers")) {
 		modifiers = php_array_fetchc(options, "modifiers");
 
+		ZVAL_DEREF(modifiers);
 		if (Z_TYPE_P(modifiers) != IS_ARRAY) {
 			phongo_throw_exception(PHONGO_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT, "Expected \"modifiers\" option to be array, %s given", PHONGO_ZVAL_CLASS_OR_TYPE_NAME_P(modifiers));
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/contrib/php_array_api.h b/src/contrib/php_array_api.h
index 17dc74810..e5d8d096a 100644
--- a/src/contrib/php_array_api.h
+++ b/src/contrib/php_array_api.h
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ zval *php_array_fetchl(zval *zarr, const char *key, int key_len) {
 }
 static inline
 zval *php_array_fetch(zval *zarr, const char *key) {
-	return php_array_fetchl(zarr, key, strlen(key));
+	zval *ret = php_array_fetchl(zarr, key, strlen(key));
+	if (ret) {
+		ZVAL_DEREF(ret);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 #define php_array_fetchc(zarr, litstr) php_array_fetchl(zarr, litstr, sizeof(litstr)-1)
 static inline
diff --git a/tests/query/bug2457-001.phpt b/tests/query/bug2457-001.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5033ff558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/query/bug2457-001.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--TEST--
+PHPC-2457: Query modifiers can be passed reference
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$modifiers = ['$orderby' => ['x' => 1]];
+
+$query = new MongoDB\Driver\Query([], [
+    'modifiers' => &$modifiers,
+]);
+
+var_dump($query);
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+<?php exit(0); ?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Deprecated: MongoDB\Driver\Query::__construct(): The "modifiers" option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release in %s
+object(MongoDB\Driver\Query)#1 (3) {
+  ["filter"]=>
+  object(stdClass)#2 (0) {
+  }
+  ["options"]=>
+  object(stdClass)#4 (1) {
+    ["sort"]=>
+    object(stdClass)#3 (1) {
+      ["x"]=>
+      int(1)
+    }
+  }
+  ["readConcern"]=>
+  NULL
+}
+===DONE===
diff --git a/tests/query/bug2457-002.phpt b/tests/query/bug2457-002.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90a22c246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/query/bug2457-002.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+--TEST--
+PHPC-2457: Query options can be passed reference
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$collation = ['locale' => 'fr_FR', 'strength' => 2];
+$let = ['x' => 1];
+$sort = ['_id' => 1];
+
+$query = new MongoDB\Driver\Query([], [
+    'collation' => &$collation,
+    'let' => &$let,
+    'sort' => &$sort,
+]);
+
+var_dump($query);
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+<?php exit(0); ?>
+--EXPECT--
+object(MongoDB\Driver\Query)#1 (3) {
+  ["filter"]=>
+  object(stdClass)#2 (0) {
+  }
+  ["options"]=>
+  object(stdClass)#6 (3) {
+    ["collation"]=>
+    object(stdClass)#3 (2) {
+      ["locale"]=>
+      string(5) "fr_FR"
+      ["strength"]=>
+      int(2)
+    }
+    ["let"]=>
+    object(stdClass)#4 (1) {
+      ["x"]=>
+      int(1)
+    }
+    ["sort"]=>
+    object(stdClass)#5 (1) {
+      ["_id"]=>
+      int(1)
+    }
+  }
+  ["readConcern"]=>
+  NULL
+}
+===DONE===