diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9977ea3b3409..36d506a6babf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     left busy for the next fetch, and rows delivered from a result another
     statement took over. (KentarouTakeda)
 
+- Intl:
+  . Fixed a double-free when Calendar::createInstance() or
+    IntlCalendar::fromDateTime() fails after adopting a TimeZone. (iliaal)
+
 - Phar:
   . Fixed Phar archives being automatically detected when ".phar" only occurs
     in a directory name or is not a filename extension in an included file's
diff --git a/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp b/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
index 0c6e68a65e21..f4c9cb36cded 100644
--- a/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
+++ b/ext/intl/calendar/calendar_methods.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ PHP_INTL_FUNCTION_WITH_ERROR_RESET(intlcal_create_instance)
 	Calendar *cal = Calendar::createInstance(timeZone,
 		Locale::createFromName(locale_str), status);
 	if (UNEXPECTED(cal == NULL)) {
-		delete timeZone;
 		intl_error_set(NULL, status, "Error creating ICU Calendar object");
 		RETURN_NULL();
 	}
@@ -1073,7 +1072,6 @@ PHP_INTL_FUNCTION_WITH_ERROR_RESET(intlcal_from_date_time)
 	cal = Calendar::createInstance(timeZone,
 		Locale::createFromName(locale_str), status);
 	if (UNEXPECTED(cal == NULL)) {
-		delete timeZone;
 		intl_error_set(NULL, status,
 			"error creating ICU Calendar object");
 		goto error;
diff --git a/ext/intl/tests/calendar_createinstance_adopt_timezone.phpt b/ext/intl/tests/calendar_createinstance_adopt_timezone.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5c8cd0ba87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/intl/tests/calendar_createinstance_adopt_timezone.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+IntlCalendar::createInstance() and fromDateTime() adopt the TimeZone
+--EXTENSIONS--
+intl
+--INI--
+date.timezone=UTC
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance('Europe/Amsterdam', 'en_US');
+echo $cal->getTimeZone()->getID(), "\n";
+echo $cal->getType(), "\n";
+
+$dt = new DateTime('2024-01-15 12:00:00', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
+$cal2 = IntlCalendar::fromDateTime($dt, 'en_US');
+echo $cal2->getTimeZone()->getID(), "\n";
+echo $cal2->getType(), "\n";
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Europe/Amsterdam
+gregorian
+America/New_York
+gregorian