diff --git a/Zend/Optimizer/sccp.c b/Zend/Optimizer/sccp.c
index a297f4f0e4a1d..60afe3165f775 100644
--- a/Zend/Optimizer/sccp.c
+++ b/Zend/Optimizer/sccp.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static inline zend_result ct_eval_fetch_dim(zval *result, zval *op1, zval *op2,
 			return FAILURE;
 		}
 		if (index >= 0 && index < Z_STRLEN_P(op1)) {
-			ZVAL_STR(result, zend_string_init(&Z_STRVAL_P(op1)[index], 1, 0));
+			ZVAL_CHAR(result, Z_STRVAL_P(op1)[index]);
 			return SUCCESS;
 		}
 	}