diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c695f56584c9..1fa8e6f77041 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Date:
   . Fixed bug GH-20503 (Assertion failure with ext/date DateInterval property
     hash construction). (heathdutton)
+  . Fixed bug GH-24350 (MINIT reads a stale external tz database after an
+    in-process module restart). (Lazizbek Ergashev)
 
 - DOM:
   . Fixed bug GH-23352 (UAF reading an attribute value node retained across
diff --git a/ext/date/php_date.c b/ext/date/php_date.c
index c455b226c34e..ab03c7b63557 100644
--- a/ext/date/php_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/php_date.c
@@ -446,12 +446,13 @@ ZEND_MODULE_POST_ZEND_DEACTIVATE_D(date)
 /* {{{ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION */
 PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(date)
 {
+	php_date_global_timezone_db = NULL;
+	php_date_global_timezone_db_enabled = 0;
+
 	REGISTER_INI_ENTRIES();
 	date_register_classes();
 	register_php_date_symbols(module_number);
 
-	php_date_global_timezone_db = NULL;
-	php_date_global_timezone_db_enabled = 0;
 	DATEG(last_errors) = NULL;
 	return SUCCESS;
 }