diff --git a/ext/standard/array.c b/ext/standard/array.c
index 7c4caafa5a6..d6d66dbc497 100644
--- a/ext/standard/array.c
+++ b/ext/standard/array.c
@@ -4049,7 +4049,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(array_values)
 	/* Return empty input as is */
 	arrlen = zend_hash_num_elements(arrval);
 	if (!arrlen) {
-		RETURN_ZVAL(input, 1, 0);
+		ZVAL_EMPTY_ARRAY(return_value);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Return vector-like packed arrays as-is */
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/array/bug75653.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/array/bug75653.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d11c1e0c755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/array/bug75653.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #75653: array_values don't work on empty array
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$array[] = 'data1';
+unset($array[0]);
+$array = array_values($array);
+$array[] = 'data2';
+$array[] = 'data3';
+var_dump($array);
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+array(2) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(5) "data2"
+  [1]=>
+  string(5) "data3"
+}