diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index 2a3537a8cae..040e9d4f1b1 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -688,8 +688,9 @@ int php_zip_glob(char *pattern, int pattern_len, zend_long flags, zval *return_v
 		add_next_index_string(return_value, globbuf.gl_pathv[n]+cwd_skip);
 	}
 
+	ret = globbuf.gl_pathc;
 	globfree(&globbuf);
-	return globbuf.gl_pathc;
+	return ret;
 #else
 	zend_throw_error(NULL, "Glob support is not available");
 	return 0;