diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6aef47ca311..2dff93c6de7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   (Ilia)
 - Fixed bug #38536 (SOAP returns an array of values instead of an object).
   (Dmitry)
+- Fixed bug #38456 (Apache2 segfaults when virtual() is called in .php
+  ErrorDocument). (Ilia)
 - Fixed bug #33282 (Re-assignment by reference does not clear the is_ref flag)
   (Ilia,Dmitry, Matt Wilmas)
 
diff --git a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
index 4cb12cb86f4..b5818f83851 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
+++ b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ zend_first_try {
 		}
 		
 		/* check if comming due to ErrorDocument */
-		if (parent_req && parent_req->status != HTTP_OK) {
+		if (parent_req && parent_req->status != HTTP_OK && strcmp(r->protocol, "INCLUDED")) {
 			parent_req = NULL;
 			goto normal;
 		}