diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c695f56584c9..ac76124e507f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - SOAP:
   . Fixed use of uninitialized func in do_request() on OOM bailout.
     (David Carlier)
+  . Fixed SoapClient writing to the output headers array, which the exception
+    trace shares, after decoding a response header threw an exception.
+    (Valery Ivashchanka)
 
 - Session:
   . Fixed session data loss in the files save handler when writing the session
diff --git a/ext/soap/php_packet_soap.c b/ext/soap/php_packet_soap.c
index 7dcd56f34cce..291dd20271fe 100644
--- a/ext/soap/php_packet_soap.c
+++ b/ext/soap/php_packet_soap.c
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ bool parse_packet_soap(zval *this_ptr, char *buffer, int buffer_size, sdlFunctio
 					smart_str_free(&key);
 				}
 				master_to_zval_with_doc_cleanup(&val, enc, trav, response);
+				if (EG(exception)) {
+					/* The trace of the exception holds a copy of the output headers array */
+					zval_ptr_dtor(&val);
+					break;
+				}
 				add_assoc_zval(soap_headers, (char*)trav->name, &val);
 			}
 			trav = trav->next;
diff --git a/ext/soap/tests/output_headers_exception.phpt b/ext/soap/tests/output_headers_exception.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e74a5286504f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/soap/tests/output_headers_exception.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+--TEST--
+SoapClient stops decoding response headers after an exception
+--EXTENSIONS--
+soap
+--INI--
+zend.exception_ignore_args=0
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class TestSoapClient extends SoapClient {
+    public function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $oneWay = false, ?string $uriParserClass = null): string {
+        return <<<'XML'
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
+                   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+                   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <SOAP-ENV:Header>
+    <h1 xsi:type="xsd:int">1</h1>
+    <h2 xsi:type="xsd:string">a</h2>
+    <h3 xsi:type="xsd:int">3</h3>
+  </SOAP-ENV:Header>
+  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
+    <ns1:testResponse xmlns:ns1="urn:test">
+      <return xsi:type="xsd:int">1</return>
+    </ns1:testResponse>
+  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+XML;
+    }
+}
+
+function string_from_xml($xml) {
+    throw new Exception("string_from_xml failed");
+}
+
+$client = new TestSoapClient(null, [
+    'location' => 'test://',
+    'uri' => 'urn:test',
+    'typemap' => [[
+        'type_ns' => 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema',
+        'type_name' => 'string',
+        'from_xml' => 'string_from_xml',
+    ]],
+]);
+
+$headers = [];
+try {
+    $client->__soapCall('test', [], null, null, $headers);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+    // The trace holds the output headers as they were when the exception was thrown
+    var_dump($e->getTrace()[1]['args'][4]);
+}
+var_dump($headers);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string_from_xml failed
+array(1) {
+  ["h1"]=>
+  int(1)
+}
+array(1) {
+  ["h1"]=>
+  int(1)
+}