diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 57892d8bb6d..dc39e99d07f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ?? ??? ????, PHP 8.0.0rc2
 
+- Curl:
+  . Fixed bug #80121 (Null pointer deref if CurlHandle directly instantiated).
+    (Nikita)
+
 - SPL.
   . Fixed bug #65387 (Circular references in SPL iterators are not garbage
     collected). (Nikita)
diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index 150f98d46fe..8ff3e0f3747 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -3308,6 +3308,12 @@ static void curl_free_obj(zend_object *object)
 	fprintf(stderr, "DTOR CALLED, ch = %x\n", ch);
 #endif
 
+	if (!ch->cp) {
+		/* Can happen if constructor throws. */
+		zend_object_std_dtor(&ch->std);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	_php_curl_verify_handlers(ch, 0);
 
 	/*
@@ -3321,12 +3327,10 @@ static void curl_free_obj(zend_object *object)
 	 *
 	 * Libcurl commit d021f2e8a00 fix this issue and should be part of 7.28.2
 	 */
-	if (ch->cp != NULL) {
-		curl_easy_setopt(ch->cp, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, curl_write_nothing);
-		curl_easy_setopt(ch->cp, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, curl_write_nothing);
+	curl_easy_setopt(ch->cp, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, curl_write_nothing);
+	curl_easy_setopt(ch->cp, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, curl_write_nothing);
 
-		curl_easy_cleanup(ch->cp);
-	}
+	curl_easy_cleanup(ch->cp);
 
 	/* cURL destructors should be invoked only by last curl handle */
 	if (--(*ch->clone) == 0) {
diff --git a/ext/curl/multi.c b/ext/curl/multi.c
index 2c2e37e4028..e717fd5d9e2 100644
--- a/ext/curl/multi.c
+++ b/ext/curl/multi.c
@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ void curl_multi_free_obj(zend_object *object)
 	php_curl *ch;
 	zval	*pz_ch;
 
+	if (!mh->multi) {
+		/* Can happen if constructor throws. */
+		zend_object_std_dtor(&mh->std);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	for (pz_ch = (zval *)zend_llist_get_first_ex(&mh->easyh, &pos); pz_ch;
 		pz_ch = (zval *)zend_llist_get_next_ex(&mh->easyh, &pos)) {
 		if (!(OBJ_FLAGS(Z_OBJ_P(pz_ch)) & IS_OBJ_FREE_CALLED)) {
diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/bug80121.phpt b/ext/curl/tests/bug80121.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9239cf007fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/bug80121.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #80121: Null pointer deref if CurlHandle directly instantiated
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+try {
+    new CurlHandle;
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+try {
+    new CurlMultiHandle;
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+try {
+    new CurlShareHandle;
+} catch (Error $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Cannot directly construct CurlHandle, use curl_init() instead
+Cannot directly construct CurlMultiHandle, use curl_multi_init() instead
+Cannot directly construct CurlShareHandle, use curl_share_init() instead