diff --git a/Zend/zend_multibyte.c b/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
index dafcf183935..a75d074936e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_multibyte.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static size_t dummy_encoding_converter(unsigned char **to, size_t *to_length, co
 static int dummy_encoding_list_parser(const char *encoding_list, size_t encoding_list_len, const zend_encoding ***return_list, size_t *return_size, int persistent TSRMLS_DC)
 {
 	*return_list = pemalloc(0, persistent);
-	return_size = 0;
+	*return_size = 0;
 	return SUCCESS;
 }