diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0fc0565798e..a13c4b2d54f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Standard:
   . Fixed bug #70720 (strip_tags improper php code parsing). (Julien)
 
+- Zip:
+  . Fixed bug #71561 (NULL pointer dereference in Zip::ExtractTo). (Laruence)
+
 04 Feb 2016, PHP 5.6.18
 
 - Core:
diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index d040d206d1a..ccd0467fd35 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ static ZIPARCHIVE_METHOD(extractTo)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < filecount; i++) {
 			char *file = (char*)zip_get_name(intern, i, ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED);
-			if (!php_zip_extract_file(intern, pathto, file, strlen(file) TSRMLS_CC)) {
+			if (!file || !php_zip_extract_file(intern, pathto, file, strlen(file) TSRMLS_CC)) {
 					RETURN_FALSE;
 			}
 		}