diff --git a/ext/tidy/tidy.c b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
index 138288dd59d4e..088f3e9e7d903 100644
--- a/ext/tidy/tidy.c
+++ b/ext/tidy/tidy.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static zend_string *php_tidy_file_to_mem(const char *, bool);
 static void tidy_object_free_storage(zend_object *);
 static zend_object *tidy_object_new_node(zend_class_entry *);
 static zend_object *tidy_object_new_doc(zend_class_entry *);
-static zval *tidy_instantiate(zend_class_entry *, zval *);
 static zend_result tidy_doc_cast_handler(zend_object *, zval *, int);
 static zend_result tidy_node_cast_handler(zend_object *, zval *, int);
 static void tidy_doc_update_properties(PHPTidyObj *);
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ static int _php_tidy_set_tidy_opt(TidyDoc doc, const char *optname, zval *value)
 
 static void tidy_create_node_object(zval *zv, PHPTidyDoc *ptdoc, TidyNode node)
 {
-	tidy_instantiate(tidy_ce_node, zv);
+	object_init_ex(zv, tidy_ce_node);
 	PHPTidyObj *newobj = Z_TIDY_P(zv);
 	newobj->node = node;
 	newobj->type = is_node;
@@ -469,12 +468,6 @@ static zend_object *tidy_object_new_doc(zend_class_entry *class_type)
 	return tidy_object_new(class_type, &tidy_object_handlers_doc, is_doc);
 }
 
-static zval *tidy_instantiate(zend_class_entry *pce, zval *object)
-{
-	object_init_ex(object, pce);
-	return object;
-}
-
 static zend_result tidy_doc_cast_handler(zend_object *in, zval *out, int type)
 {
 	TidyBuffer output;
@@ -1018,7 +1011,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(tidy_parse_string)
 		RETURN_THROWS();
 	}
 
-	tidy_instantiate(tidy_ce_doc, return_value);
+	object_init_ex(return_value, tidy_ce_doc);
 	obj = Z_TIDY_P(return_value);
 
 	if (php_tidy_apply_config(obj->ptdoc->doc, options_str, options_ht) != SUCCESS
@@ -1086,7 +1079,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(tidy_parse_file)
 		RETURN_THROWS();
 	}
 
-	tidy_instantiate(tidy_ce_doc, return_value);
+	object_init_ex(return_value, tidy_ce_doc);
 	obj = Z_TIDY_P(return_value);
 
 	if (php_tidy_apply_config(obj->ptdoc->doc, options_str, options_ht) != SUCCESS