diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0d8c25df53..c653d946b90 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - SOAP:
   . Fixed bug GH-18990, bug #81029, bug #47314 (SOAP HTTP socket not closing
     on object destruction). (nielsdos)
+  . Fix memory leak when URL parsing fails in redirect. (Girgias)
 
 - Standard:
   . Fix misleading errors in printf(). (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/soap/php_http.c b/ext/soap/php_http.c
index 3dfafda4f95..65ce38db387 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_http.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_http.c
@@ -1128,11 +1128,11 @@ try_again:
 
 		if ((loc = get_http_header_value(ZSTR_VAL(http_headers), "Location: ")) != NULL) {
 			php_url *new_url  = php_url_parse(loc);
+			efree(loc);
 
 			if (new_url != NULL) {
 				zend_string_release_ex(http_headers, 0);
 				zend_string_release_ex(http_body, 0);
-				efree(loc);
 				if (new_url->scheme == NULL && new_url->path != NULL) {
 					new_url->scheme = phpurl->scheme ? zend_string_copy(phpurl->scheme) : NULL;
 					new_url->host = phpurl->host ? zend_string_copy(phpurl->host) : NULL;