diff --git a/ext/phar/phar_internal.h b/ext/phar/phar_internal.h
index 4afe485ddf76..3ca4ac1ac166 100644
--- a/ext/phar/phar_internal.h
+++ b/ext/phar/phar_internal.h
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void phar_entry_delref(phar_entry_data *idata);
 
 phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info(phar_archive_data *phar, char *path, size_t path_len, char **error, bool security);
 phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info_dir(phar_archive_data *phar, char *path, size_t path_len, char dir, char **error, bool security);
-ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fname, size_t fname_len, char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, bool security, uint32_t timestamp);
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(zend_string *fname, char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, bool security, uint32_t timestamp);
 ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL zend_result phar_get_entry_data(phar_entry_data **ret, const char *fname, size_t fname_len, char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, bool security);
 ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL_ARGS(1, 4) int phar_flush_ex(phar_archive_data *archive, zend_string *user_stub, bool is_default_stub, char **error);
 ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL int phar_flush(phar_archive_data *archive, char **error);
diff --git a/ext/phar/phar_object.c b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
index 3cf1b7fb39d8..d703de9e841e 100644
--- a/ext/phar/phar_object.c
+++ b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ static phar_entry_data *phar_build_entry_data(zend_string *fname, char *path, si
 		timestamp = time(NULL);
 	}
 
-	return phar_get_or_create_entry_data(ZSTR_VAL(fname), ZSTR_LEN(fname), path, path_len, "w+b", 0, error, true, timestamp);
+	return phar_get_or_create_entry_data(fname, path, path_len, "w+b", 0, error, true, timestamp);
 }
 
 static int phar_build(zend_object_iterator *iter, void *puser) /* {{{ */
@@ -3593,7 +3593,7 @@ static void phar_add_file(phar_archive_data **pphar, zend_string *file_name, con
 	}
 #endif
 
-	phar_entry_data *data = phar_get_or_create_entry_data(ZSTR_VAL((*pphar)->fname), ZSTR_LEN((*pphar)->fname), filename, filename_len, "w+b", 0, &error, true, time(NULL));
+	phar_entry_data *data = phar_get_or_create_entry_data((*pphar)->fname, filename, filename_len, "w+b", 0, &error, true, time(NULL));
 	if (!data) {
 		if (error) {
 			zend_throw_exception_ex(spl_ce_BadMethodCallException, 0, "Entry %s does not exist and cannot be created: %s", filename, error);
@@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@ static void phar_mkdir(phar_archive_data **pphar, zend_string *dir_name)
 	char *error;
 
 	phar_entry_data *data = phar_get_or_create_entry_data(
-		ZSTR_VAL((*pphar)->fname), ZSTR_LEN((*pphar)->fname),
+		(*pphar)->fname,
 		ZSTR_VAL(dir_name), ZSTR_LEN(dir_name),
 		"w+b", 2, &error, true,
 		time(NULL)
diff --git a/ext/phar/stream.c b/ext/phar/stream.c
index a9c4dc98d7de..c56c100d52ff 100644
--- a/ext/phar/stream.c
+++ b/ext/phar/stream.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static php_stream * phar_wrapper_open_url(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, const cha
 	/* strip leading "/" */
 	internal_file = estrndup(ZSTR_VAL(resource->path) + 1, ZSTR_LEN(resource->path) - 1);
 	if (mode[0] == 'w' || (mode[0] == 'r' && mode[1] == '+')) {
-		if (NULL == (idata = phar_get_or_create_entry_data(ZSTR_VAL(resource->host), ZSTR_LEN(resource->host), internal_file, strlen(internal_file), mode, 0, &error, true, time(NULL)))) {
+		if (NULL == (idata = phar_get_or_create_entry_data(resource->host, internal_file, strlen(internal_file), mode, 0, &error, true, time(NULL)))) {
 			if (error) {
 				php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options, "%s", error);
 				efree(error);
diff --git a/ext/phar/util.c b/ext/phar/util.c
index 136dae4f882d..9db0ba42a7f1 100644
--- a/ext/phar/util.c
+++ b/ext/phar/util.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL zend_result phar_get_entry_data(phar_entry_data **ret, co
 /**
  * Create a new dummy file slot within a writeable phar for a newly created file
  */
-ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fname, size_t fname_len, char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, bool security, uint32_t timestamp) /* {{{ */
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(zend_string *fname, char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, bool security, uint32_t timestamp) /* {{{ */
 {
 	phar_archive_data *phar;
 	phar_entry_info etemp;
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@ ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fnam
 
 	is_dir = (path_len && path[path_len - 1] == '/') ? 1 : 0;
 
-	if (FAILURE == phar_get_archive(&phar, fname, fname_len, NULL, 0, error)) {
+	if (FAILURE == phar_get_archive(&phar, ZSTR_VAL(fname), ZSTR_LEN(fname), NULL, 0, error)) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (FAILURE == phar_get_entry_data(&ret, fname, fname_len, path, path_len, mode, allow_dir, error, security)) {
+	if (FAILURE == phar_get_entry_data(&ret, ZSTR_VAL(fname), ZSTR_LEN(fname), path, path_len, mode, allow_dir, error, security)) {
 		return NULL;
 	} else if (ret) {
 		return ret;
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fnam
 	}
 
 	if (phar->is_persistent && FAILURE == phar_copy_on_write(&phar)) {
-		spprintf(error, 4096, "phar error: file \"%s\" in phar \"%s\" cannot be created, could not make cached phar writeable", path, fname);
+		spprintf(error, 4096, "phar error: file \"%s\" in phar \"%s\" cannot be created, could not make cached phar writeable", path, ZSTR_VAL(fname));
 		return NULL;
 	}