diff --git a/Zend/tests/gh7910.phpt b/Zend/tests/gh7910.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63b2f77bf2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/gh7910.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-7910 (rename fails on Windows if the target is being executed)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$content = file_get_contents(__FILE__);
+file_put_contents(__DIR__ . "/gh7910.php.bak", $content);
+var_dump(rename(__DIR__ . "/gh7910.php.bak", __FILE__));
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+@unlink(__DIR__ . "/gh7910.php.bak");
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)
diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index be7fa210fff7..ffb77554821f 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_scripts(int type, zval *retval, int file_count
 		if (file_handle->opened_path) {
 			zend_hash_add_empty_element(&EG(included_files), file_handle->opened_path);
 		}
+		zend_stream_close(file_handle);
 		if (op_array) {
 			zend_execute(op_array, retval);
 			zend_exception_restore();
diff --git a/Zend/zend_stream.c b/Zend/zend_stream.c
index ae2c734b09b4..8693d6aef610 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_stream.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_stream.c
@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ ZEND_API zend_result zend_stream_fixup(zend_file_handle *file_handle, char **buf
 	return SUCCESS;
 } /* }}} */
 
+/* Closes handle stream if opened by zend_stream_fixup() */
+ZEND_API void zend_stream_close(zend_file_handle *fh) /* {{{ */
+{
+	if (fh->type == ZEND_HANDLE_STREAM && fh->handle.stream.handle
+		&& fh->handle.stream.closer == (zend_stream_closer_t)zend_stream_stdio_closer) {
+		fh->handle.stream.closer(fh->handle.stream.handle);
+		fh->handle.stream.closer = NULL;
+	}
+} /* }}} */
+
 static void zend_file_handle_dtor(zend_file_handle *fh) /* {{{ */
 {
 	switch (fh->type) {
diff --git a/Zend/zend_stream.h b/Zend/zend_stream.h
index 047719e175a0..38e11a108e33 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_stream.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_stream.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ ZEND_API void zend_stream_init_filename(zend_file_handle *handle, const char *fi
 ZEND_API void zend_stream_init_filename_ex(zend_file_handle *handle, zend_string *filename);
 ZEND_API zend_result zend_stream_open(zend_file_handle *handle);
 ZEND_API zend_result zend_stream_fixup(zend_file_handle *file_handle, char **buf, size_t *len);
+ZEND_API void zend_stream_close(zend_file_handle *handle);
 ZEND_API void zend_destroy_file_handle(zend_file_handle *file_handle);
 
 void zend_stream_init(void);