diff --git a/ext/dom/node.c b/ext/dom/node.c
index 887d6d8009070..5b955c06f3d93 100644
--- a/ext/dom/node.c
+++ b/ext/dom/node.c
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ int dom_node_text_content_write(dom_object *obj, zval *newval TSRMLS_DC)
 {
 	xmlNode *nodep = dom_object_get_node(obj);
 	zval value_copy;
-	xmlChar *enc_str;
 
 	if (nodep == NULL) {
 		php_dom_throw_error(INVALID_STATE_ERR, 0 TSRMLS_CC);
@@ -938,9 +937,9 @@ int dom_node_text_content_write(dom_object *obj, zval *newval TSRMLS_DC)
 	}
 
 	convert_to_string_copy(newval, value_copy);
-	enc_str = xmlEncodeEntitiesReentrant(nodep->doc, Z_STRVAL_P(newval));
-	xmlNodeSetContent(nodep, enc_str);
-	xmlFree(enc_str);
+	/* we have to use xmlNodeAddContent() to get the same behavior as with xmlNewText() */
+	xmlNodeSetContent(nodep, (xmlChar *) "");
+	xmlNodeAddContent(nodep, Z_STRVAL_P(newval));
 	if (newval == &value_copy) {
 		zval_dtor(newval);
 	}
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/bug70001.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/bug70001.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7a8c291d4b228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/bug70001.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #70001 (Assigning to DOMNode::textContent does additional entity encoding)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$element = new DOMText('<p>foo & bar</p>');
+var_dump($element->textContent);
+$element = (new DOMDocument())->createTextNode('<p>foo & bar</p>');
+var_dump($element->textContent);
+$element->textContent = ('<p>foo & bar</p>');
+var_dump($element->textContent);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(16) "<p>foo & bar</p>"
+string(16) "<p>foo & bar</p>"
+string(16) "<p>foo & bar</p>"