diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6550a7a9641d..6d06b25e97a9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Intl:
   . Fixed grapheme_strrev() treating UBRK_DONE as a byte index and leaving
     the result without a terminating NUL. (iliaal)
+  . Fixed a double-free when Calendar::createInstance() or
+    IntlCalendar::fromDateTime() fails after adopting a TimeZone. (iliaal)
 
 - Phar:
   . Fixed Phar archives being automatically detected when ".phar" only occurs
diff --git a/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp b/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
index 0c6e68a65e21..f4c9cb36cded 100644
--- a/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
+++ b/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ PHP_INTL_FUNCTION_WITH_ERROR_RESET(intlcal_create_instance)
 	Calendar *cal = Calendar::createInstance(timeZone,
 		Locale::createFromName(locale_str), status);
 	if (UNEXPECTED(cal == NULL)) {
-		delete timeZone;
 		intl_error_set(NULL, status, "Error creating ICU Calendar object");
 		RETURN_NULL();
 	}
@@ -1073,7 +1072,6 @@ PHP_INTL_FUNCTION_WITH_ERROR_RESET(intlcal_from_date_time)
 	cal = Calendar::createInstance(timeZone,
 		Locale::createFromName(locale_str), status);
 	if (UNEXPECTED(cal == NULL)) {
-		delete timeZone;
 		intl_error_set(NULL, status,
 			"error creating ICU Calendar object");
 		goto error;