Index: ext/simplexml/tests/008.phpt
===================================================================
--- ext/simplexml/tests/008.phpt	(revision 315865)
+++ ext/simplexml/tests/008.phpt	(working copy)
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 $sxe = simplexml_load_string($xml);

 var_dump($sxe->xpath("elem1/elem2/elem3/elem4"));
+//valid expression
 var_dump($sxe->xpath("***"));
+//invalid expression
+var_dump($sxe->xpath("**"));
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 array(1) {
@@ -36,4 +39,10 @@
     }
   }
 }
+array(0) {
+}
+
+Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath(): Invalid expression in %s on line %d
+
+Warning: SimpleXMLElement::xpath(): xmlXPathEval: evaluation failed in %s on line %d
 bool(false)
Index: ext/simplexml/simplexml.c
===================================================================
--- ext/simplexml/simplexml.c	(revision 315865)
+++ ext/simplexml/simplexml.c	(working copy)
@@ -1294,8 +1294,9 @@

 	result = retval->nodesetval;

+	array_init(return_value);
+
 	if (result != NULL) {
-		array_init(return_value);
 		for (i = 0; i < result->nodeNr; ++i) {
 			nodeptr = result->nodeTab[i];
 			if (nodeptr->type == XML_TEXT_NODE || nodeptr->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE || nodeptr->type == XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE) {
@@ -1316,8 +1317,6 @@
 				add_next_index_zval(return_value, value);
 			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		RETVAL_FALSE;
 	}

 	xmlXPathFreeObject(retval);