diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e56e562a4c92..7272c1535b80 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - PDO:
   . Fixed a leak when a persistent connection failed a liveness check
     with no other live PDO handle. (iliaal)
+  . Fixed a leak of the driver_params argument in bindParam() and
+    bindColumn(). (iliaal)
 
 - Standard:
   . Fixed a memory leak in array_merge_recursive() when the recursive merge of
diff --git a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
index 4e41ea40f08b..14c9b2c06a19 100644
--- a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
+++ b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static bool really_register_bound_param(struct pdo_bound_param_data *param, pdo_
 			zend_string_release_ex(param->name, 0);
 			param->name = NULL;
 		}
+		zval_ptr_dtor(&param->driver_params);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ static bool really_register_bound_param(struct pdo_bound_param_data *param, pdo_
 				zend_string_release_ex(param->name, 0);
 				param->name = NULL;
 			}
+			zval_ptr_dtor(&param->driver_params);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1461,9 +1463,11 @@ static void register_bound_param(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int is_param) /*
 		if (!Z_ISUNDEF(param.parameter)) {
 			zval_ptr_dtor(&(param.parameter));
 		}
+		zval_ptr_dtor(&param.driver_params);
 
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
+	zval_ptr_dtor(&param.driver_params);
 
 	RETURN_TRUE;
 } /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/pdo/tests/bug_driver_params_leak.phpt b/ext/pdo/tests/bug_driver_params_leak.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd775452165a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo/tests/bug_driver_params_leak.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+--TEST--
+PDO: bindParam() must not leak driver_params
+--EXTENSIONS--
+pdo
+pdo_sqlite
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class C {}
+$db = new PDO('sqlite::memory:');
+$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT ?');
+
+$n = 20000;
+$dp = str_repeat('a', 1024);
+$obj = new C();
+try {
+    $stmt->bindParam(1, $obj, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('a', 1024);
+    $obj = new C();
+    try {
+        $stmt->bindParam(1, $obj, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+    } catch (Error $e) {
+    }
+}
+$before = memory_get_usage();
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('b', 1024);
+    $obj = new C();
+    try {
+        $stmt->bindParam(1, $obj, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+    } catch (Error $e) {
+    }
+}
+$diff = memory_get_usage() - $before;
+if ($diff > 1000) {
+    echo "LEAK\n";
+} else {
+    echo "OK\n";
+}
+
+$stmt2 = $db->prepare('SELECT :bar');
+$v = 'x';
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('c', 1024);
+    try {
+        $stmt2->bindParam(':missing', $v, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+    } catch (PDOException $e) {
+    }
+}
+$before = memory_get_usage();
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('d', 1024);
+    try {
+        $stmt2->bindParam(':missing', $v, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+    } catch (PDOException $e) {
+    }
+}
+$diff = memory_get_usage() - $before;
+if ($diff > 1000) {
+    echo "LEAK\n";
+} else {
+    echo "OK\n";
+}
+
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('e', 1024);
+    $stmt->bindParam(1, $v, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+}
+$before = memory_get_usage();
+for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
+    $dp = str_repeat('f', 1024);
+    $stmt->bindParam(1, $v, PDO::PARAM_STR, 0, $dp);
+}
+$diff = memory_get_usage() - $before;
+if ($diff > 1000) {
+    echo "LEAK\n";
+} else {
+    echo "OK\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Error: Object of class C could not be converted to string
+OK
+OK
+OK