diff --git a/ext/spl/spl_iterators.c b/ext/spl/spl_iterators.c
index 40752f98842..9e7c956575f 100755
--- a/ext/spl/spl_iterators.c
+++ b/ext/spl/spl_iterators.c
@@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ SPL_METHOD(RecursiveIteratorIterator, current)
 	zval                      **data;
 
 	iterator->funcs->get_current_data(iterator, &data TSRMLS_CC);
-	RETURN_ZVAL(*data, 1, 0);
+	if (data && *data) {
+		RETURN_ZVAL(*data, 1, 0);
+	}
 } /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ proto void RecursiveIteratorIterator::next()