diff --git a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_inference.c b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
index 1ac62c859286..f1fe2dc39aad 100644
--- a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
+++ b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
@@ -5268,7 +5268,7 @@ ZEND_API bool zend_may_throw_ex(const zend_op *opline, const zend_ssa_op *ssa_op
 		case ZEND_ROPE_END:
 			return t2 & (MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_OBJECT);
 		case ZEND_INIT_ARRAY:
-			return (opline->op2_type != IS_UNUSED) && (t2 & (MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_OBJECT|MAY_BE_RESOURCE));
+			return (opline->op2_type != IS_UNUSED) && (t2 & (MAY_BE_NULL|MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_OBJECT|MAY_BE_RESOURCE));
 		case ZEND_ADD_ARRAY_ELEMENT:
 			return (opline->op2_type == IS_UNUSED) || (t2 & (MAY_BE_NULL|MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_OBJECT|MAY_BE_RESOURCE));
 		case ZEND_STRLEN:
diff --git a/ext/opcache/tests/jit/gh25269.phpt b/ext/opcache/tests/jit/gh25269.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e9cc017b2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/opcache/tests/jit/gh25269.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-25269 (JIT: misaligned zval passed to ZEND_ADD_ARRAY_ELEMENT handler)
+--CREDITS--
+YuanChengJiang
+--EXTENSIONS--
+opcache
+--INI--
+opcache.enable=1
+opcache.enable_cli=1
+opcache.jit_buffer_size=64M
+opcache.jit=function
+--FILE--
+<?php
+set_error_handler(function($errno, $errstr) {
+    throw new ErrorException($errstr);
+});
+function test() {
+    return [null => 1, "a" => 2, "b" => 3];
+}
+try {
+    test();
+} catch (ErrorException $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Using null as an array offset is deprecated, use an empty string instead