diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f162756d4c59..ea28a2ba33e0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Curl:
   . Fix various memory leaks in curl mime handling. (nielsdos)
 
+- DBA:
+  . Fixed bug GH-16990 (dba_list() is now zero-indexed instead of using
+    resource ids) (kocsismate)
+
 - DOM:
   . Fixed bug GH-16906 (Reloading document can cause UAF in iterator).
     (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/dba/dba.c b/ext/dba/dba.c
index f094fb1f612b..e4986e1cd232 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba.c
@@ -1293,9 +1293,9 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(dba_list)
 
 	zval *zv;
 	ZEND_HASH_MAP_FOREACH_VAL(&DBA_G(connections), zv) {
-		dba_info *info = Z_DBA_INFO_P(zv);
-		if (info) {
-			add_next_index_str(return_value, zend_string_copy(info->path));
+		dba_connection *connection = Z_DBA_CONNECTION_P(zv);
+		if (connection->info) {
+			add_index_str(return_value, connection->std.handle, zend_string_copy(connection->info->path));
 		}
 	} ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();
 }
diff --git a/ext/dba/tests/gh16990.phpt b/ext/dba/tests/gh16990.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3191904722b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dba/tests/gh16990.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-16990 (dba_list() is now zero-indexed instead of using resource ids)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dba
+--CONFLICTS--
+dba
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/setup/setup_dba_tests.inc';
+check_skip('flatfile');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require_once(__DIR__ .'/test.inc');
+
+$foo1 = new stdClass();
+
+$db_filename1 = __DIR__.'/test1.dbm';
+$db1 = dba_open($db_filename1, 'c', 'flatfile');
+if (!$db1) {
+    var_dump("Database file creation failed");
+}
+
+$foo2 = new stdClass();
+
+$db_filename2 = __DIR__.'/test2.dbm';
+$db2 = dba_open($db_filename2, 'c', 'flatfile');
+if (!$db2) {
+    var_dump("Database file creation failed");
+}
+
+var_dump(dba_list());
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+@unlink(__DIR__.'/test1.dbm');
+@unlink(__DIR__.'/test2.dbm');
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+array(2) {
+  [2]=>
+  string(%d) "%s%etest1.dbm"
+  [4]=>
+  string(%d) "%s%etest2.dbm"
+}