diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0c80ffefb1b2..22c20881d6e5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - FPM:
   . Fixed bug GH-24229 (fcgi_close() passes shutdown() a literal 1, which is
     SHUT_RD in WASI). (Ryosuke Ishibashi)
+  . Fixed bug GH-21974 (Crash on worker shutdown in ZTS builds when
+    disable_functions is set in a pool configuration). (Sree24-ui)
 
 - Fileinfo:
   . Fixed bug GH-24289 (finfo::file() reports the wrong argument number for
diff --git a/Zend/zend_API.c b/Zend/zend_API.c
index 732dc6dd79bd..407b80981724 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_API.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_API.c
@@ -3660,6 +3660,26 @@ static void zend_disable_function(const char *function_name, size_t function_nam
 		zend_error(E_WARNING, "Cannot disable function %s()", function_name);
 		return;
 	}
+#ifdef ZTS
+	/* After zend_post_startup() the function table of a thread borrows the
+	 * functions of the global function table, which destroys them on shutdown
+	 * (see compiler_globals_ctor()). Remove them without destroying them. */
+	HashTable *function_table = CG(function_table);
+	zval *zv = zend_hash_str_find(function_table, function_name, function_name_length);
+	if (zv && (uint32_t) ((Bucket *) zv - function_table->arData) < CG(copied_functions_count)) {
+		dtor_func_t dtor = function_table->pDestructor;
+
+		function_table->pDestructor = NULL;
+		zend_hash_str_del(function_table, function_name, function_name_length);
+		function_table->pDestructor = dtor;
+
+		/* Keep the remaining copied functions at the start of the table,
+		 * as expected by compiler_globals_dtor(). */
+		zend_hash_rehash(function_table);
+		CG(copied_functions_count)--;
+		return;
+	}
+#endif
 	zend_hash_str_del(CG(function_table), function_name, function_name_length);
 }
 
diff --git a/sapi/fpm/tests/gh21974-disable-functions-worker-shutdown.phpt b/sapi/fpm/tests/gh21974-disable-functions-worker-shutdown.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40ac13936d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sapi/fpm/tests/gh21974-disable-functions-worker-shutdown.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+--TEST--
+FPM: GH-21974 - disable_functions set in a pool must not break shutdown of the worker
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php include "skipif.inc"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require_once "tester.inc";
+
+$cfg = <<<EOT
+[global]
+error_log = {{FILE:LOG}}
+[unconfined]
+listen = {{ADDR}}
+pm = static
+pm.max_children = 1
+; The worker shuts down gracefully after the first request.
+pm.max_requests = 1
+php_admin_value[disable_functions] = system
+EOT;
+
+$code = <<<EOT
+<?php
+echo function_exists('system') ? 'enabled' : 'disabled';
+EOT;
+
+$tester = new FPM\Tester($cfg, $code);
+$tester->start();
+$tester->expectLogStartNotices();
+$tester->request()->expectBody('disabled');
+$tester->expectLogNotice('child \d+ exited with code 0 after \d+\.\d+ seconds from start', 'unconfined');
+$tester->expectLogNotice('child \d+ started', 'unconfined');
+$tester->terminate();
+$tester->expectLogTerminatingNotices();
+$tester->close();
+
+?>
+Done
+--EXPECT--
+Done
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+require_once "tester.inc";
+FPM\Tester::clean();
+?>