diff --git a/ext/curl/curl_private.h b/ext/curl/curl_private.h
index 19e43094574de..8e8e9586db587 100644
--- a/ext/curl/curl_private.h
+++ b/ext/curl/curl_private.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct _php_curl_send_headers {
 struct _php_curl_free {
 	zend_llist post;
 	zend_llist stream;
-	HashTable *slist;
+	HashTable slist;
 };
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/ext/curl/interface.c b/ext/curl/interface.c
index e47c9c43bc8a9..9b6cb1abdc911 100644
--- a/ext/curl/interface.c
+++ b/ext/curl/interface.c
@@ -1143,8 +1143,7 @@ void init_curl_handle(php_curl *ch)
 	zend_llist_init(&ch->to_free->post,  sizeof(struct HttpPost *), (llist_dtor_func_t)curl_free_post,   0);
 	zend_llist_init(&ch->to_free->stream, sizeof(struct mime_data_cb_arg *), (llist_dtor_func_t)curl_free_cb_arg, 0);
 
-	ch->to_free->slist = emalloc(sizeof(HashTable));
-	zend_hash_init(ch->to_free->slist, 4, NULL, curl_free_slist, 0);
+	zend_hash_init(&ch->to_free->slist, 4, NULL, curl_free_slist, 0);
 	ZVAL_UNDEF(&ch->postfields);
 }
 
@@ -1312,7 +1311,6 @@ void _php_setup_easy_copy_handlers(php_curl *ch, php_curl *source)
 
 	ZVAL_COPY(&ch->private_data, &source->private_data);
 
-	efree(ch->to_free->slist);
 	efree(ch->to_free);
 	ch->to_free = source->to_free;
 	efree(ch->clone);
@@ -2160,9 +2158,9 @@ static zend_result _php_curl_setopt(php_curl *ch, zend_long option, zval *zvalue
 
 			if (slist) {
 				if ((*ch->clone) == 1) {
-					zend_hash_index_update_ptr(ch->to_free->slist, option, slist);
+					zend_hash_index_update_ptr(&ch->to_free->slist, option, slist);
 				} else {
-					zend_hash_next_index_insert_ptr(ch->to_free->slist, slist);
+					zend_hash_next_index_insert_ptr(&ch->to_free->slist, slist);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2803,8 +2801,7 @@ static void curl_free_obj(zend_object *object)
 		zend_llist_clean(&ch->to_free->post);
 		zend_llist_clean(&ch->to_free->stream);
 
-		zend_hash_destroy(ch->to_free->slist);
-		efree(ch->to_free->slist);
+		zend_hash_destroy(&ch->to_free->slist);
 		efree(ch->to_free);
 		efree(ch->clone);
 	}