diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8117d60f2de..acf58500a9e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - GD:
   . Fixed bug #73213 (Integer overflow in imageline() with antialiasing). (cmb)
+  . Fixed bug #73272 (imagescale() is not affected by, but affects
+    imagesetinterpolation()). (cmb)
 
 - phpdbg:
   . Properly allow for stdin input from a file. (Bob)
diff --git a/ext/gd/gd.c b/ext/gd/gd.c
index 62433c58bab..2aa03a95519 100644
--- a/ext/gd/gd.c
+++ b/ext/gd/gd.c
@@ -4695,7 +4695,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(imagescale)
 	gdImagePtr im_scaled = NULL;
 	int new_width, new_height;
 	zend_long tmp_w, tmp_h=-1, tmp_m = GD_BILINEAR_FIXED;
-	gdInterpolationMethod method;
+	gdInterpolationMethod method, old_method;
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "rl|ll", &IM, &tmp_w, &tmp_h, &tmp_m) == FAILURE)  {
 		return;
@@ -4724,9 +4724,12 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(imagescale)
 	new_width = tmp_w;
 	new_height = tmp_h;
 
+	/* gdImageGetInterpolationMethod() is only available as of GD 2.1.1 */
+	old_method = im->interpolation_id;
 	if (gdImageSetInterpolationMethod(im, method)) {
 		im_scaled = gdImageScale(im, new_width, new_height);
 	}
+	gdImageSetInterpolationMethod(im, old_method);
 
 	if (im_scaled == NULL) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
diff --git a/ext/gd/tests/bug73272.phpt b/ext/gd/tests/bug73272.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bb710cdc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/gd/tests/bug73272.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #73272 (imagescale() is not affected by, but affects imagesetinterpolation())
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('gd')) die('skip gd extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'func.inc';
+
+$src = imagecreatetruecolor(100, 100);
+imagefilledrectangle($src, 0,0, 99,99, 0xFFFFFF);
+imageellipse($src, 49,49, 40,40, 0x000000);
+
+imagesetinterpolation($src, IMG_NEAREST_NEIGHBOUR);
+imagescale($src, 200, 200, IMG_BILINEAR_FIXED);
+$dst = imagerotate($src, 60, 0xFFFFFF);
+
+test_image_equals_file(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'bug73272.png', $dst);
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECT--
+The images are equal.
+===DONE===
diff --git a/ext/gd/tests/bug73272.png b/ext/gd/tests/bug73272.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97bfadf983e
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