diff --git a/ext/dom/parentnode.c b/ext/dom/parentnode.c
index 4f3187db96978..d6b0705545a17 100644
--- a/ext/dom/parentnode.c
+++ b/ext/dom/parentnode.c
@@ -280,6 +280,33 @@ static zend_result dom_sanity_check_node_list_for_insertion(php_libxml_ref_obj *
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static void dom_pre_insert(xmlNodePtr insertion_point, xmlNodePtr parentNode, xmlNodePtr newchild, xmlNodePtr fragment)
+{
+	if (!insertion_point) {
+		/* Place it as last node */
+		if (parentNode->children) {
+			/* There are children */
+			newchild->prev = parentNode->last;
+			parentNode->last->next = newchild;
+		} else {
+			/* No children, because they moved out when they became a fragment */
+			parentNode->children = newchild;
+		}
+		parentNode->last = fragment->last;
+	} else {
+		/* Insert fragment before insertion_point */
+		fragment->last->next = insertion_point;
+		if (insertion_point->prev) {
+			insertion_point->prev->next = newchild;
+			newchild->prev = insertion_point->prev;
+		}
+		insertion_point->prev = fragment->last;
+		if (parentNode->children == insertion_point) {
+			parentNode->children = newchild;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void dom_parent_node_append(dom_object *context, zval *nodes, int nodesc)
 {
 	xmlNode *parentNode = dom_object_get_node(context);
@@ -331,21 +358,18 @@ void dom_parent_node_prepend(dom_object *context, zval *nodes, int nodesc)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	xmlNodePtr newchild, nextsib;
 	xmlNode *fragment = dom_zvals_to_fragment(context->document, parentNode, nodes, nodesc);
 
 	if (fragment == NULL) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	newchild = fragment->children;
-	nextsib = parentNode->children;
+	xmlNode *newchild = fragment->children;
 
 	if (newchild) {
 		xmlNodePtr last = fragment->last;
-		parentNode->children = newchild;
-		fragment->last->next = nextsib;
-		nextsib->prev = last;
+
+		dom_pre_insert(parentNode->children, parentNode, newchild, fragment);
 
 		dom_fragment_assign_parent_node(parentNode, fragment);
 
@@ -355,33 +379,6 @@ void dom_parent_node_prepend(dom_object *context, zval *nodes, int nodesc)
 	xmlFree(fragment);
 }
 
-static void dom_pre_insert(xmlNodePtr insertion_point, xmlNodePtr parentNode, xmlNodePtr newchild, xmlNodePtr fragment)
-{
-	if (!insertion_point) {
-		/* Place it as last node */
-		if (parentNode->children) {
-			/* There are children */
-			newchild->prev = parentNode->last;
-			parentNode->last->next = newchild;
-		} else {
-			/* No children, because they moved out when they became a fragment */
-			parentNode->children = newchild;
-		}
-		parentNode->last = fragment->last;
-	} else {
-		/* Insert fragment before insertion_point */
-		fragment->last->next = insertion_point;
-		if (insertion_point->prev) {
-			insertion_point->prev->next = newchild;
-			newchild->prev = insertion_point->prev;
-		}
-		insertion_point->prev = fragment->last;
-		if (parentNode->children == insertion_point) {
-			parentNode->children = newchild;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void dom_parent_node_after(dom_object *context, zval *nodes, int nodesc)
 {
 	/* Spec link: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-childnode-after */
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/gh11906.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/gh11906.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b971500290c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/gh11906.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-11906 (prepend without children after creating fragment results in segfault)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$doc = new DOMDocument;
+$doc->loadXML(<<<XML
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<container>
+    <child/>
+</container>
+XML);
+
+$container = $doc->documentElement;
+$child = $container->firstElementChild;
+
+$test = $doc->createElement('foo');
+$test->append($child);
+echo $doc->saveXML();
+echo $doc->saveXML($test), "\n";
+$test->prepend($child);
+echo $doc->saveXML();
+echo $doc->saveXML($test), "\n";
+$test->append($child);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<container>
+    
+</container>
+<foo><child/></foo>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<container>
+    
+</container>
+<foo><child/></foo>