diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 28040f7262fc1..b9ce034653efc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #63943 (Bad warning text from strpos() on empty needle).
     (Laruence)
   . Fixed bug #63882 (zend_std_compare_objects crash on recursion). (Dmitry)
+  . Fixed bug #63462 (Magic methods called twice for unset protected 
+    properties). (Stas)
 
 - Litespeed:
   . Fixed bug #63228 (-Werror=format-security error in lsapi code). (George)
diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug63462.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug63462.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e936a6fa69ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug63462.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+--TEST--
+Test script to verify that magic methods should be called only once when accessing an unset property.
+--CREDITS--
+Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class Test {
+	public    $publicProperty;
+	protected $protectedProperty;
+	private   $privateProperty;
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		unset(
+			$this->publicProperty, 
+			$this->protectedProperty, 
+			$this->privateProperty
+		);
+	}
+
+	function __get($name) {
+		echo '__get ' . $name . "\n";
+		return $this->$name;
+	}
+
+	function __set($name, $value) {
+		echo '__set ' . $name . "\n";
+		$this->$name = $value;
+	}
+
+	function __isset($name) {
+		echo '__isset ' . $name . "\n";
+		return isset($this->$name);
+	}
+}
+
+$test = new Test();
+
+$test->nonExisting;
+$test->publicProperty;
+$test->protectedProperty;
+$test->privateProperty;
+isset($test->nonExisting);
+isset($test->publicProperty);
+isset($test->protectedProperty);
+isset($test->privateProperty);
+$test->nonExisting       = 'value';
+$test->publicProperty	 = 'value';
+$test->protectedProperty = 'value';
+$test->privateProperty   = 'value';
+
+?>
+
+--EXPECTF--
+__get nonExisting
+
+Notice: Undefined property: Test::$nonExisting in %s on line %d
+__get publicProperty
+
+Notice: Undefined property: Test::$publicProperty in %s on line %d
+__get protectedProperty
+
+Notice: Undefined property: Test::$protectedProperty in %s on line %d
+__get privateProperty
+
+Notice: Undefined property: Test::$privateProperty in %s on line %d
+__isset nonExisting
+__isset publicProperty
+__isset protectedProperty
+__isset privateProperty
+__set nonExisting
+__set publicProperty
+__set protectedProperty
+__set privateProperty
+
diff --git a/Zend/zend_object_handlers.c b/Zend/zend_object_handlers.c
index 2c2a45d72676e..cc45d35ecd27e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_object_handlers.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_object_handlers.c
@@ -393,6 +393,16 @@ static int zend_get_property_guard(zend_object *zobj, zend_property_info *proper
 		info.name = Z_STRVAL_P(member);
 		info.name_length = Z_STRLEN_P(member);
 		info.h = zend_get_hash_value(Z_STRVAL_P(member), Z_STRLEN_P(member) + 1);
+	} else if(property_info->name[0] == '\0'){
+		const char *class_name = NULL, *prop_name = NULL;
+		zend_unmangle_property_name(property_info->name, property_info->name_length, &class_name, &prop_name);
+		if(class_name) {
+			/* use unmangled name for protected properties */
+			info.name = prop_name;
+			info.name_length = strlen(prop_name);
+			info.h = zend_get_hash_value(info.name, info.name_length+1);
+			property_info = &info;
+		}
 	}
 	if (!zobj->guards) {
 		ALLOC_HASHTABLE(zobj->guards);