diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 08aa8f4dfc7..fee7ddb59a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #60948 (mysqlnd FTBFS when -Wformat-security is enabled).
     (Johannes)
 
+- Session
+  . Fixed bug #60634 (Segmentation fault when trying to die() in 
+    SessionHandler::write()). (Ilia)
+
 - SOAP
   . Fixed bug #60887 (SoapClient ignores user_agent option and sends no
     User-Agent header). (carloschilazo at gmail dot com)
diff --git a/ext/session/session.c b/ext/session/session.c
index b1224321a6c..7a8199d8106 100644
--- a/ext/session/session.c
+++ b/ext/session/session.c
@@ -1450,9 +1450,7 @@ static void php_session_flush(TSRMLS_D) /* {{{ */
 {
 	if (PS(session_status) == php_session_active) {
 		PS(session_status) = php_session_none;
-		zend_try {
-			php_session_save_current_state(TSRMLS_C);
-		} zend_end_try();
+		php_session_save_current_state(TSRMLS_C);
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -2142,7 +2140,9 @@ static PHP_RSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(session) /* {{{ */
 {
 	int i;
 
-	php_session_flush(TSRMLS_C);
+	zend_try {
+		php_session_flush(TSRMLS_C);
+	} zend_end_try();
 	php_rshutdown_session_globals(TSRMLS_C);
 
 	/* this should NOT be done in php_rshutdown_session_globals() */