diff --git a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
index 7468c3efaf4..8c6b3023cca 100644
--- a/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
+++ b/ext/dom/dom_iterators.c
@@ -269,15 +269,13 @@ zend_object_iterator *php_dom_get_iterator(zend_class_entry *ce, zval *object, i
 		zend_throw_error(NULL, "An iterator cannot be used with foreach by reference");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	iterator = emalloc(sizeof(php_dom_iterator));
+	iterator = emalloc(sizeof(*iterator));
+	memset(iterator, 0, sizeof(*iterator));
 	zend_iterator_init(&iterator->intern);
-	iterator->cache_tag.modification_nr = 0;
 
 	ZVAL_OBJ_COPY(&iterator->intern.data, Z_OBJ_P(object));
 	iterator->intern.funcs = &php_dom_iterator_funcs;
 
-	ZVAL_UNDEF(&iterator->curobj);
-
 	intern = Z_DOMOBJ_P(object);
 	objmap = (dom_nnodemap_object *)intern->ptr;
 	if (objmap != NULL) {