diff --git a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
index a7d898221f881..d17a40dbc242e 100644
--- a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
+++ b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
@@ -2079,8 +2079,11 @@ static zend_function *dbstmt_method_get(zend_object **object_pp, zend_string *me
 static HashTable *dbstmt_get_gc(zend_object *object, zval **gc_data, int *gc_count)
 {
 	pdo_stmt_t *stmt = php_pdo_stmt_fetch_object(object);
-	*gc_data = &stmt->fetch.into;
-	*gc_count = 1;
+
+	zend_get_gc_buffer *gc_buffer = zend_get_gc_buffer_create();
+	zend_get_gc_buffer_add_zval(gc_buffer, &stmt->database_object_handle);
+	zend_get_gc_buffer_add_zval(gc_buffer, &stmt->fetch.into);
+	zend_get_gc_buffer_use(gc_buffer, gc_data, gc_count);
 
 	/**
 	 * If there are no dynamic properties and the default property is 1 (that is, there is only one property
diff --git a/ext/pdo/tests/pdo_stmt_cyclic_references.phpt b/ext/pdo/tests/pdo_stmt_cyclic_references.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..01df6e0b46d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo/tests/pdo_stmt_cyclic_references.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+--TEST--
+PDO Common: Cyclic PDOStatement child class
+--EXTENSIONS--
+pdo
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+$dir = getenv('REDIR_TEST_DIR');
+if (false == $dir) die('skip no driver');
+require_once $dir . 'pdo_test.inc';
+PDOTest::skip();
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+if (getenv('REDIR_TEST_DIR') === false) putenv('REDIR_TEST_DIR='.__DIR__ . '/../../pdo/tests/');
+require_once getenv('REDIR_TEST_DIR') . 'pdo_test.inc';
+
+class Ref {
+    public CyclicStatement $stmt;
+}
+
+class CyclicStatement extends PDOStatement {
+    protected function __construct(public Ref $ref) {}
+}
+
+class TestRow {
+    public $id;
+    public $val;
+    public $val2;
+
+    public function __construct(public string $arg) {}
+}
+
+$db = PDOTest::factory();
+$db->exec('CREATE TABLE test(id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, val VARCHAR(10), val2 VARCHAR(10))');
+$db->exec("INSERT INTO test VALUES(1, 'A', 'AA')");
+$db->exec("INSERT INTO test VALUES(2, 'B', 'BB')");
+$db->exec("INSERT INTO test VALUES(3, 'C', 'CC')");
+
+$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_STATEMENT_CLASS, ['CyclicStatement', [new Ref]]);
+
+echo "Column fetch:\n";
+$stmt = $db->query('SELECT id, val2, val FROM test');
+$stmt->ref->stmt = $stmt;
+$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN, 2);
+foreach($stmt as $obj) {
+    var_dump($obj);
+}
+
+echo "Class fetch:\n";
+$stmt = $db->query('SELECT id, val2, val FROM test');
+$stmt->ref->stmt = $stmt;
+$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'TestRow', ['Hello world']);
+foreach($stmt as $obj) {
+    var_dump($obj);
+}
+
+echo "Fetch into:\n";
+$stmt = $db->query('SELECT id, val2, val FROM test');
+$stmt->ref->stmt = $stmt;
+$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_INTO, new TestRow('I am being fetch into'));
+foreach($stmt as $obj) {
+    var_dump($obj);
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Column fetch:
+string(1) "A"
+string(1) "B"
+string(1) "C"
+Class fetch:
+object(TestRow)#%d (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "1"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "AA"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(11) "Hello world"
+}
+object(TestRow)#%d (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "2"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "B"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "BB"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(11) "Hello world"
+}
+object(TestRow)#%d (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "3"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "C"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "CC"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(11) "Hello world"
+}
+Fetch into:
+object(TestRow)#4 (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "1"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "A"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "AA"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(21) "I am being fetch into"
+}
+object(TestRow)#4 (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "2"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "B"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "BB"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(21) "I am being fetch into"
+}
+object(TestRow)#4 (4) {
+  ["id"]=>
+  string(1) "3"
+  ["val"]=>
+  string(1) "C"
+  ["val2"]=>
+  string(2) "CC"
+  ["arg"]=>
+  string(21) "I am being fetch into"
+}
diff --git a/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c b/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
index 1fe894cd631df..7f4e7aeed87c0 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
@@ -87,8 +87,15 @@ static int firebird_stmt_dtor(pdo_stmt_t *stmt) /* {{{ */
 	pdo_firebird_stmt *S = (pdo_firebird_stmt*)stmt->driver_data;
 	int result = 1;
 
-	/* release the statement */
-	if (isc_dsql_free_statement(S->H->isc_status, &S->stmt, DSQL_drop)) {
+	/* TODO: for master, move this check to a separate function shared between pdo drivers.
+	 *       pdo_pgsql and pdo_mysql do this exact same thing */
+	bool server_obj_usable = !Z_ISUNDEF(stmt->database_object_handle)
+		&& IS_OBJ_VALID(EG(objects_store).object_buckets[Z_OBJ_HANDLE(stmt->database_object_handle)])
+		&& !(OBJ_FLAGS(Z_OBJ(stmt->database_object_handle)) & IS_OBJ_FREE_CALLED);
+
+	/* release the statement.
+	 * Note: if the server object is already gone then the statement was closed already as well. */
+	if (server_obj_usable && isc_dsql_free_statement(S->H->isc_status, &S->stmt, DSQL_drop)) {
 		RECORD_ERROR(stmt);
 		result = 0;
 	}