diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7124d1bc278a..da5c90ec8edf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Standard:
   . Fixed bug GH-19926 (reset internal pointer earlier while splicing array
     while COW violation flag is still set). (alexandre-daubois)
+  . strcoll() now throws a ValueError when passed a string containing NUL bytes
+    instead of silently cutting off the string after the first NUL byte.
+    (ndossche)
 
 - Streams:
   . Added so_reuseaddr streams context socket option that allows disabling
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 3b0301522d46..3ad5d95a3a86 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ PHP 8.6 UPGRADE NOTES
   . Invalid values now throw in Phar::mungServer() instead of being silently
     ignored.
 
+- Standard:
+  . strcoll() now throws a ValueError when passed a string containing NUL bytes
+    instead of silently cutting off the string after the first NUL byte.
+
 ========================================
 2. New Features
 ========================================
diff --git a/ext/standard/string.c b/ext/standard/string.c
index 029c7a29bb47..de36270d1c46 100644
--- a/ext/standard/string.c
+++ b/ext/standard/string.c
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(strcoll)
 	zend_string *s1, *s2;
 
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(2, 2)
-		Z_PARAM_STR(s1)
-		Z_PARAM_STR(s2)
+		Z_PARAM_PATH_STR(s1)
+		Z_PARAM_PATH_STR(s2)
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
 	RETURN_LONG(strcoll((const char *) ZSTR_VAL(s1),