diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 05806e23e3e..a62c9dd8812 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #78015 (Incorrect evaluation of expressions involving partials
     arrays in SCCP). (Nikita)
 
+- Sockets:
+  . Fixed bug #78038 (Socket_select fails when resource array contains
+    references). (Nikita)
+
 16 May 2019, PHP 7.3.6RC1
 
 - cURL:
diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets.c b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
index 10e216a51b7..2e870bfc8e6 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets.c
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ static int php_sock_array_to_fd_set(zval *sock_array, fd_set *fds, PHP_SOCKET *m
 	if (Z_TYPE_P(sock_array) != IS_ARRAY) return 0;
 
 	ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_VAL(Z_ARRVAL_P(sock_array), element) {
+		ZVAL_DEREF(element);
 		php_sock = (php_socket*) zend_fetch_resource_ex(element, le_socket_name, le_socket);
 		if (!php_sock) continue; /* If element is not a resource, skip it */
 
@@ -926,6 +927,7 @@ static int php_sock_array_from_fd_set(zval *sock_array, fd_set *fds) /* {{{ */
 
 	array_init(&new_hash);
 	ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_KEY_VAL(Z_ARRVAL_P(sock_array), num_key, key, element) {
+		ZVAL_DEREF(element);
 		php_sock = (php_socket*) zend_fetch_resource_ex(element, le_socket_name, le_socket);
 		if (!php_sock) continue; /* If element is not a resource, skip it */
 
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/socket_select.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/socket_select.phpt
index 3896a091697..5d551119959 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/tests/socket_select.phpt
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/socket_select.phpt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ socket_create_pair($domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0, $sockets);
 
 $write  = null;
 $except = null;
+$ref =& $sockets[0]; // bug #78038
 var_dump(socket_select($sockets, $write, $except, 0));
 --EXPECT--
 int(0)