diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug63882_2.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug63882_2.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c457a7ad454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug63882_2.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #63882_2 (arsort crash on recursion)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$token = array();
+$conditions = array();
+for ($i = 0; $i <= 2; $i++) {
+    $tokens = $conditions;
+    $a[0] =& $a;
+    $a = unserialize(serialize($GLOBALS));
+    $a[0] =& $a;
+    $a = unserialize(serialize($GLOBALS));
+    $a[0] =& $a;
+    foreach($a as $v) {
+        if ($v == 1) {
+            arsort($a);
+        }
+    }
+}
+?>
+DONE
+--EXPECT--
+DONE
diff --git a/Zend/zend_hash.c b/Zend/zend_hash.c
index 5f878b2154b..cf0f9e5b332 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_hash.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_hash.c
@@ -2551,6 +2551,16 @@ ZEND_API void ZEND_FASTCALL zend_hash_sort_ex(HashTable *ht, sort_func_t sort, b
 		ht->nNumUsed = i;
 	}
 
+	if (!(HT_FLAGS(ht) & HASH_FLAG_PACKED)) {
+		/* We broke the hash colisions chains overriding Z_NEXT() by Z_EXTRA().
+		 * Reset the hash headers table as well to avoid possilbe inconsistent
+		 * access on recursive data structures.
+	     *
+	     * See Zend/tests/bug63882_2.phpt
+		 */
+		HT_HASH_RESET(ht);
+	}
+
 	sort((void *)ht->arData, ht->nNumUsed, sizeof(Bucket), (compare_func_t) compar,
 			(swap_func_t)(renumber? zend_hash_bucket_renum_swap :
 				((HT_FLAGS(ht) & HASH_FLAG_PACKED) ? zend_hash_bucket_packed_swap : zend_hash_bucket_swap)));