diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b04eda72b87..23dbb1a5d5c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Add --ri switch to CLI which allows to check extension information. (Marcus)
 - Fixed bug #40431 (dynamic properties may cause crash in ReflectionProperty 
   methods). (Tony)
+- Fixed bug #40428, imagepstext() doesn't accept optional parameter (Pierre)
 - Fixed bug #40410 (ext/posix does not compile on MacOS 10.3.9). (Tony)
 - Fixed bug #39836 (SplObjectStorage empty after unserialize). (Marcus)
 
diff --git a/ext/gd/gd.c b/ext/gd/gd.c
index 573a727a181..56e0f9e4058 100644
--- a/ext/gd/gd.c
+++ b/ext/gd/gd.c
@@ -4338,11 +4338,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(imagepstext)
 	T1_TMATRIX *transform = NULL;
 	char *str;
 	int str_len;
-	int argc = ZEND_NUM_ARGS();
-
-	if (argc != 8 && argc != 12) {
-		ZEND_WRONG_PARAM_COUNT();
-	}
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "rsrlllll|lldl", &img, &str, &str_len, &fnt, &size, &_fg, &_bg, &x, &y, &space, &width, &angle, &aa_steps) == FAILURE) {
 		return;