diff --git a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
index db5c3d91580..626bb20fb48 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
+++ b/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
@@ -2438,7 +2438,12 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(preg_replace_callback_array)
 	}
 
 	if (subject_ht) {
-		RETURN_ARR(subject_ht);
+		RETVAL_ARR(subject_ht);
+		// Unset the type_flags of immutable arrays to prevent the VM from performing refcounting
+		if (GC_FLAGS(subject_ht) & IS_ARRAY_IMMUTABLE) {
+			Z_TYPE_FLAGS_P(return_value) = 0;
+		}
+		return;
 	} else {
 		RETURN_STR(subject_str);
 	}
diff --git a/ext/pcre/tests/gh10968.phpt b/ext/pcre/tests/gh10968.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..873d17e79da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pcre/tests/gh10968.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-10968: preg_replace_callback_array() segmentation fault
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(preg_replace_callback_array([], []));
+var_dump(preg_replace_callback_array([], ''));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+array(0) {
+}
+string(0) ""