diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ec7c542a11f..14aad73564a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug GH-15020 (Memory leak in Zend/Optimizer/escape_analysis.c).
     (nielsdos)
+  . Fixed bug GH-15023 (Memory leak in Zend/zend_ini.c). (nielsdos)
 
 - Curl:
   . Fixed case when curl_error returns an empty string.
diff --git a/Zend/zend_ini.c b/Zend/zend_ini.c
index 8ba3d7ee48f..cfa394d43e9 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_ini.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_ini.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ ZEND_API zend_result zend_register_ini_entries_ex(const zend_ini_entry_def *ini_
 			if (p->name) {
 				zend_string_release_ex(p->name, 1);
 			}
+			pefree(p, true);
 			zend_unregister_ini_entries_ex(module_number, module_type);
 			return FAILURE;
 		}