diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index 3063cd93336..f06043ed273 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -2728,7 +2728,6 @@ PHP_METHOD(ZipArchive, extractTo)
 	zend_string *files_str = NULL;
 	HashTable *files_ht = NULL;
 
-	zval *zval_file = NULL;
 	php_stream_statbuf ssb;
 	char *pathto;
 	size_t pathto_len;
@@ -2765,7 +2764,8 @@ PHP_METHOD(ZipArchive, extractTo)
 			RETURN_FALSE;
 		}
 		for (i = 0; i < nelems; i++) {
-			if ((zval_file = zend_hash_index_find(files_ht, i)) != NULL) {
+			zval *zval_file;
+			if ((zval_file = zend_hash_index_find_deref(Z_ARRVAL_P(zval_files), i)) != NULL) {
 				switch (Z_TYPE_P(zval_file)) {
 					case IS_LONG:
 						break;
diff --git a/ext/zip/tests/bug80863.phpt b/ext/zip/tests/bug80863.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b9d3b2ff39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/zip/tests/bug80863.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #80863 (ZipArchive::extractTo() ignores references)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('zip')) die("skip zip extension not available");
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$archive = __DIR__ . "/bug80863.zip";
+
+$zip = new ZipArchive();
+$zip->open($archive, ZipArchive::CREATE | ZipArchive::OVERWRITE);
+$zip->addFromString("file1.txt", "contents");
+$zip->addFromString("file2.txt", "contents");
+$zip->close();
+
+$target = __DIR__ . "/bug80683";
+mkdir($target);
+
+$files = [
+    "file1.txt",
+    "file2.txt",
+];
+// turn into references
+foreach ($files as &$file);
+
+$zip = new ZipArchive();
+$zip->open($archive);
+$zip->extractTo($target, $files);
+var_dump(is_file("$target/file1.txt"));
+var_dump(is_file("$target/file2.txt"));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)
+bool(true)
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+@unlink(__DIR__ . "/bug80863.zip");
+$target = __DIR__ .  "/bug80683";
+@unlink("$target/file1.txt");
+@unlink("$target/file2.txt");
+@rmdir($target);
+?>