diff --git a/ext/filter/filter.c b/ext/filter/filter.c
index b787ef706c4f..ee8db5ef3583 100644
--- a/ext/filter/filter.c
+++ b/ext/filter/filter.c
@@ -690,29 +690,13 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(filter_input_array)
 	}
 
 	array_input = php_filter_get_storage(fetch_from);
+
 	if (EG(exception)) {
 		RETURN_THROWS();
 	}
 
 	if (!array_input) {
-		zend_long filter_flags = 0;
-		zval *option;
-		if (op_long) {
-			filter_flags = op_long;
-		} else if (op_ht && (option = zend_hash_str_find(op_ht, "flags", sizeof("flags") - 1)) != NULL) {
-			filter_flags = zval_get_long(option);
-		}
-
-		/* The FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE flag inverts the usual return values of
-		 * the function: normally when validation fails false is returned, and
-		 * when the input value doesn't exist NULL is returned. With the flag
-		 * set, NULL and false should be returned, respectively. Ergo, although
-		 * the code below looks incorrect, it's actually right. */
-		if (filter_flags & FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE) {
-			RETURN_FALSE;
-		} else {
-			RETURN_NULL();
-		}
+		RETURN_NULL();
 	}
 
 	php_filter_array_handler(array_input, op_ht, op_long, return_value, add_empty);
diff --git a/ext/filter/tests/filter_input_array_001.phpt b/ext/filter/tests/filter_input_array_001.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..038ebc6dd2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/filter/tests/filter_input_array_001.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--TEST--
+filter_input_array: test FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE option does not affect general result on empty input
+--EXTENSIONS--
+filter
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$args = [
+    "c" => [
+        "flags" => FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE,
+    ]
+];
+
+var_dump(filter_input_array(INPUT_GET, $args, true));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+NULL