diff --git a/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c b/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
index 76b9800dd8d..4f8e561eade 100644
--- a/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
+++ b/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
@@ -1752,7 +1752,6 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(stream_is_local)
 	} else {
 		convert_to_string_ex(&zstream);
 		wrapper = php_stream_locate_url_wrapper(Z_STRVAL_P(zstream), NULL, 0 TSRMLS_CC);
-		zval_ptr_dtor(&zstream);
 	}
 
 	if(!wrapper) {