diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug55007.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug55007.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12fbf120a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug55007.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #55007 (compiler fail after previous fail)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+function __autoload($classname) {
+  if ('CompileErrorClass'==$classname) eval('class CompileErrorClass { function foo() { $a[] } }');
+  if ('MyErrorHandler'==$classname) eval('class MyErrorHandler { function __construct() { print "My error handler runs.\n"; } }');
+}
+
+function shutdown() {
+  new MyErrorHandler();
+}
+
+
+register_shutdown_function('shutdown');
+	
+new CompileErrorClass();
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Fatal error: Cannot use [] for reading in %s(%d) : eval()'d code on line %d
+My error handler runs.
diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index fbffcc38d26..1ad2baf0662 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ ZEND_API void _zend_bailout(char *filename, uint lineno) /* {{{ */
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 	CG(unclean_shutdown) = 1;
+	CG(active_class_entry) = NULL;
 	CG(in_compilation) = EG(in_execution) = 0;
 	EG(current_execute_data) = NULL;
 	LONGJMP(*EG(bailout), FAILURE);