diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phar b/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21d43d9eeb6
Binary files /dev/null and b/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..761e5379e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/bug79797.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79797 (Use of freed hash key in the phar_parse_zipfile function)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('phar')) die('skip phar extension not available');
+?>
+--INI--
+phar.cache_list={PWD}/bug79797.phar
+--FILE--
+<?php
+echo "done\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+done
diff --git a/ext/phar/zip.c b/ext/phar/zip.c
index e086354b115..b241c0589b4 100644
--- a/ext/phar/zip.c
+++ b/ext/phar/zip.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ foundit:
 			efree(actual_alias);
 		}
 
-		zend_hash_str_add_ptr(&(PHAR_G(phar_alias_map)), actual_alias, mydata->alias_len, mydata);
+		zend_hash_str_add_ptr(&(PHAR_G(phar_alias_map)), mydata->alias, mydata->alias_len, mydata);
 	} else {
 		phar_archive_data *fd_ptr;