diff --git a/ext/libxml/libxml.c b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
index 5c903d2c9a228..eecbca4ed8908 100644
--- a/ext/libxml/libxml.c
+++ b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
@@ -331,13 +331,26 @@ PHP_LIBXML_API void php_libxml_node_free_list(xmlNodePtr node)
 				if (curnode->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
 					/* This ensures that namespace references in this subtree are defined within this subtree,
 					 * otherwise a use-after-free would be possible when the original namespace holder gets freed. */
-#if 0
-					xmlDOMWrapCtxt dummy_ctxt = {0};
-					xmlDOMWrapReconcileNamespaces(&dummy_ctxt, curnode, /* options */ 0);
-#else
-					/* See php_dom.c */
-					xmlReconciliateNs(curnode->doc, curnode);
-#endif
+					if (LIBXML_VERSION < 21300 && UNEXPECTED(curnode->doc == NULL)) {
+						/* xmlReconciliateNs() in these versions just uses the document for xmlNewReconciledNs(),
+						 * which can create an oldNs xml namespace declaration via xmlSearchNs() -> xmlTreeEnsureXMLDecl(). */
+						xmlDoc dummy;
+						memset(&dummy, 0, sizeof(dummy));
+						dummy.type = XML_DOCUMENT_NODE;
+						curnode->doc = &dummy;
+						xmlReconciliateNs(curnode->doc, curnode);
+						curnode->doc = NULL;
+
+						/* Append oldNs to current node's nsDef, which can be at most one node. */
+						if (dummy.oldNs) {
+							ZEND_ASSERT(dummy.oldNs->next == NULL);
+							xmlNsPtr old = curnode->nsDef;
+							curnode->nsDef = dummy.oldNs;
+							dummy.oldNs->next = old;
+						}
+					} else {
+						xmlReconciliateNs(curnode->doc, curnode);
+					}
 				}
 				/* Skip freeing */
 				curnode = next;
diff --git a/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh19098.phpt b/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh19098.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..13a6eda328f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/xmlreader/tests/gh19098.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-19098 (libxml<2.13 segmentation fault caused by php_libxml_node_free)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+xmlreader
+dom
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$xml_reader = \XMLReader::XML('
+<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#">
+ <results>
+  <result><binding xml:id="foo" xmlns:custom="urn:custom" custom:foo="bar" name="s"><uri/></binding></result>
+ </results>
+</sparql>');
+
+$success = $xml_reader->next("sparql");
+
+$success = $xml_reader->read();
+$success = $xml_reader->next("results");
+
+while ($xml_reader->read()) {
+  if ($xml_reader->next("result")) {
+    $result_as_dom_node = $xml_reader->expand();
+    $child = $result_as_dom_node->firstChild;
+    unset($result_as_dom_node);
+    var_dump($child->namespaceURI);
+    foreach ($child->attributes as $attr) {
+      var_dump($attr->namespaceURI);
+    }
+    $doc = new DOMDocument;
+    $doc->adoptNode($child);
+    echo $doc->saveXML($child), "\n";
+    unset($child);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(38) "http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
+string(36) "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+string(10) "urn:custom"
+NULL
+<default:binding xmlns:custom="urn:custom" xmlns:default="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#" xml:id="foo" custom:foo="bar" name="s"><default:uri/></default:binding>