diff --git a/sapi/apache2handler/apache_config.c b/sapi/apache2handler/apache_config.c
index 86a8e43f80d..2488622a6c2 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2handler/apache_config.c
+++ b/sapi/apache2handler/apache_config.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void apply_config(void *dummy)
 			zend_hash_move_forward(&d->config)) {
 		zend_hash_get_current_data(&d->config, (void **) &data);
 		phpapdebug((stderr, "APPLYING (%s)(%s)\n", str.s, data->value));
-		if (zend_alter_ini_entry(str, str_len, data->value, data->value_len, data->status, data->htaccess?PHP_INI_STAGE_HTACCESS:PHP_INI_STAGE_ACTIVATE) == FAILURE) {
+		if (zend_alter_ini_entry(str.s, str_len, data->value, data->value_len, data->status, data->htaccess?PHP_INI_STAGE_HTACCESS:PHP_INI_STAGE_ACTIVATE) == FAILURE) {
 			phpapdebug((stderr, "..FAILED\n"));
 		}	
 	}