diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1e88f9171ac73..d99b213b96beb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     iterator properties table). (ilutov)
   . Fixed unstable get_iterator pointer for hooked classes in shm on Windows.
     (ilutov)
+  . Fixed bug GH-17106 (ZEND_MATCH_ERROR misoptimization). (ilutov)
 
 - DBA:
   . Skip test if inifile is disabled. (orlitzky)
diff --git a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_optimizer.c b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_optimizer.c
index 823277694b4ff..9f2e3115d3666 100644
--- a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_optimizer.c
+++ b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_optimizer.c
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ bool zend_optimizer_replace_by_const(zend_op_array *op_array,
 				case ZEND_SWITCH_LONG:
 				case ZEND_SWITCH_STRING:
 				case ZEND_MATCH:
+				case ZEND_MATCH_ERROR:
 				case ZEND_JMP_NULL: {
 					zend_op *end = op_array->opcodes + op_array->last;
 					while (opline < end) {
@@ -652,6 +653,7 @@ bool zend_optimizer_replace_by_const(zend_op_array *op_array,
 								&& opline->opcode != ZEND_SWITCH_LONG
 								&& opline->opcode != ZEND_SWITCH_STRING
 								&& opline->opcode != ZEND_MATCH
+								&& opline->opcode != ZEND_MATCH_ERROR
 								&& opline->opcode != ZEND_JMP_NULL
 								&& (opline->opcode != ZEND_FREE
 									|| opline->extended_value != ZEND_FREE_ON_RETURN);
diff --git a/Zend/zend_opcode.c b/Zend/zend_opcode.c
index 0d1d8b6bf528f..12c2759656b2d 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_opcode.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_opcode.c
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ static bool keeps_op1_alive(zend_op *opline) {
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_SWITCH_LONG
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_SWITCH_STRING
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_MATCH
+	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_MATCH_ERROR
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_FETCH_LIST_R
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_FETCH_LIST_W
 	 || opline->opcode == ZEND_COPY_TMP) {
diff --git a/ext/opcache/tests/gh17106.phpt b/ext/opcache/tests/gh17106.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b56131b5a29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/opcache/tests/gh17106.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-17106: ZEND_MATCH_ERROR misoptimization
+--EXTENSIONS--
+opcache
+--INI--
+opcache.enable_cli=1
+opcache.optimization_level=-1
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+const X = 2;
+
+var_dump(7 ?? match (X) {});
+var_dump(null ?? match (X) { 2 => 2 });
+var_dump(match (X) { 2 => 2 });
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+int(7)
+int(2)
+int(2)