diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 08f6b37c6e7..f3cff388ab4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #76965 (INI_SCANNER_RAW doesn't strip trailing whitespace).
     (Pierrick)
 
+- XML:
+  . Fixed bug #30875 (xml_parse_into_struct() does not resolve entities). (cmb)
+
 11 Oct 2018, PHP 7.2.11
 
 - Core:
diff --git a/ext/xml/tests/bug30875.phpt b/ext/xml/tests/bug30875.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5254e96688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/xml/tests/bug30875.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #30875 (xml_parse_into_struct() does not resolve entities)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('xml')) die('skip xml extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$xml = <<<XML
+<!DOCTYPE dtd [
+    <!ENTITY ref "ent">
+]>
+<elt att="&ref;">a&ref;</elt>
+XML;
+
+$parser = xml_parser_create();
+xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $xml, $vals);
+xml_parser_free($parser);
+var_dump($vals);
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECT--
+array(1) {
+  [0]=>
+  array(5) {
+    ["tag"]=>
+    string(3) "ELT"
+    ["type"]=>
+    string(8) "complete"
+    ["level"]=>
+    int(1)
+    ["attributes"]=>
+    array(1) {
+      ["ATT"]=>
+      string(3) "ent"
+    }
+    ["value"]=>
+    string(4) "aent"
+  }
+}
+===DONE===
diff --git a/ext/xml/xml.c b/ext/xml/xml.c
index 7f1bb305716..9b8281e1b35 100644
--- a/ext/xml/xml.c
+++ b/ext/xml/xml.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(xml_parse_into_struct)
 	parser->level = 0;
 	parser->ltags = safe_emalloc(XML_MAXLEVEL, sizeof(char *), 0);
 
-	XML_SetDefaultHandler(parser->parser, _xml_defaultHandler);
 	XML_SetElementHandler(parser->parser, _xml_startElementHandler, _xml_endElementHandler);
 	XML_SetCharacterDataHandler(parser->parser, _xml_characterDataHandler);