diff --git a/twig.c b/twig.c
index 02a95c7e5..ee98590e6 100644
--- a/twig.c
+++ b/twig.c
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(twig_template_get_attributes)
 			}
 
 			convert_to_string(item);
-			return_value = TWIG_PROPERTY(object, Z_STRVAL_P(item)); // this is obviously wrong
+			ret = TWIG_PROPERTY(object, Z_STRVAL_P(item)); // this is obviously wrong
+			RETVAL_ZVAL(ret, 1, 0);
 		}
 	}
 /*