diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index f8fe4ef17693a..a9eb91a974444 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ void zend_do_pass_param(znode *param, zend_uchar op, int offset TSRMLS_DC) /* {{
 	
 	if (function_ptr) {
 		if (ARG_MAY_BE_SENT_BY_REF(function_ptr, (zend_uint) offset)) {
-			if (param->op_type & (IS_VAR|IS_CV)) {
+			if (param->op_type & (IS_VAR|IS_CV) && original_op != ZEND_SEND_VAL) {
 				send_by_reference = 1;
 				if (op == ZEND_SEND_VAR && zend_is_function_or_method_call(param)) {
 					/* Method call */
diff --git a/tests/lang/bug55754.phpt b/tests/lang/bug55754.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c58ec9175af02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/bug55754.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #55754 (Only variables should be passed by reference for ZEND_SEND_PREFER_REF params)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+current($arr = array(0 => "a"));
+current(array(0 => "a"));
+current($arr);
+
+echo "DONE";
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+DONE