diff --git a/ext/soap/php_encoding.c b/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
index 3a4626aa5beee..a5fbd3df9dd9c 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_encoding.c
@@ -1561,10 +1561,12 @@ static zval *to_zval_object_ex(zval *ret, encodeTypePtr type, xmlNodePtr data, z
 					if (Z_TYPE_P(prop) != IS_ARRAY) {
 						/* Convert into array */
 						array_init(&arr);
-						Z_ADDREF_P(prop);
+						Z_TRY_ADDREF_P(prop);
 						add_next_index_zval(&arr, prop);
 						set_zval_property(ret, (char*)trav->name, &arr);
 						prop = &arr;
+					} else {
+						SEPARATE_ARRAY(prop);
 					}
 					/* Add array element */
 					add_next_index_zval(prop, &tmpVal);
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/bugs/segfault_assertion_props.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/segfault_assertion_props.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d496d72967b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/bugs/segfault_assertion_props.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--TEST--
+Segfault and assertion failure with refcounted props and arrays
+--INI--
+soap.wsdl_cache_enabled=0
+--EXTENSIONS--
+soap
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class TestSoapClient extends SoapClient {
+  function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $one_way = false): ?string {
+        return <<<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.nothing.com" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><SOAP-ENV:Body>
+<ns1:dotest2Response><res xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Struct">
+    <a xsi:type="xsd:string">Hello</a>
+    <b xsi:type="xsd:string">World</b>
+</res>
+</ns1:dotest2Response></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+EOF;
+    }
+}
+
+trait A {
+    public $a = [self::class . 'a'];
+    public $b = self::class . 'b';
+}
+
+class DummyClass {
+    use A;
+}
+
+$client = new TestSoapClient(__DIR__."/../classmap.wsdl", ['classmap' => ['Struct' => 'DummyClass']]);
+var_dump($client->dotest2("???"));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+object(DummyClass)#2 (2) {
+  ["a"]=>
+  array(2) {
+    [0]=>
+    string(11) "DummyClassa"
+    [1]=>
+    string(5) "Hello"
+  }
+  ["b"]=>
+  array(2) {
+    [0]=>
+    string(11) "DummyClassb"
+    [1]=>
+    string(5) "World"
+  }
+}