diff --git a/Zend/tests/traits/bug61998.phpt b/Zend/tests/traits/bug61998.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3528a75cbc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/traits/bug61998.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #61998 (Crash when declare trait after class if user defined the same method as aliased one)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+class Class1 {
+	use T {
+		func as newFunc;
+	}
+
+	public function func() {
+		echo "From Class1::func\n";
+	}
+}
+
+class Class2 {
+	use T {
+		func as newFunc2;
+	}
+
+	public function func() {
+		echo "From Class2::func\n";
+	}
+}
+
+class Class3 {
+	use T;
+}
+
+trait T {
+	public function func() {
+		echo "From trait T\n";
+	}
+}
+
+$class1 = new Class1();
+$class2 = new Class2();
+$class3 = new Class3();
+
+$class1->func();
+$class2->func();
+$class3->func();
+?>
+==DONE==
+--EXPECT--
+From Class1::func
+From Class2::func
+From trait T
+==DONE==
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index 602b6004100b..7ecad103ed2a 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -3832,11 +3832,21 @@ static int zend_traits_merge_functions_to_class(zend_function *fn TSRMLS_DC, int
 		}
    
 		zend_add_magic_methods(ce, hash_key->arKey, hash_key->nKeyLength, fn_copy_p TSRMLS_CC);
-   
-		zend_function_dtor(fn);
 	} else {
-		zend_function_dtor(fn);
+		/* User defined a function with the same name, add a reference to the original
+		   trait function to avoid function name memory releasing problem */
+		char *tmp_fn_name = emalloc(hash_key->nKeyLength + 1);
+		tmp_fn_name[0] = '\0';
+		snprintf(tmp_fn_name + 1, hash_key->nKeyLength, "%s", hash_key->arKey);
+		fn_copy = *fn;
+		function_add_ref(&fn_copy);
+
+		if (zend_hash_add(&ce->function_table, tmp_fn_name, hash_key->nKeyLength + 1, &fn_copy, sizeof(zend_function), NULL)==FAILURE) {
+			zend_error(E_COMPILE_ERROR, "Trait method %s has not been applied, because failure occured during updating class method table", hash_key->arKey);
+		}
+		efree(tmp_fn_name);
 	}
+	zend_function_dtor(fn);
 
 	return ZEND_HASH_APPLY_REMOVE;
 }
@@ -3869,11 +3879,9 @@ static int zend_traits_copy_functions(zend_function *fn TSRMLS_DC, int num_args,
 				&& (zend_binary_strcasecmp(aliases[i]->trait_method->method_name, aliases[i]->trait_method->mname_len, fn->common.function_name, fnname_len) == 0)) {
 				fn_copy = *fn;
 				function_add_ref(&fn_copy);
-				/* this function_name is never destroyed, because its refcount
-				   greater than 1, classes are always destoyed in reverse order
-				   and trait is declared early than this class */
+
 				fn_copy.common.function_name = aliases[i]->alias;
-					
+
 				/* if it is 0, no modifieres has been changed */
 				if (aliases[i]->modifiers) { 
 					fn_copy.common.fn_flags = aliases[i]->modifiers;
diff --git a/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c b/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
index 1cf65cee164e..31a0c08bc796 100644
--- a/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
+++ b/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
@@ -3659,7 +3659,10 @@ static int _addmethod_va(zend_function *mptr TSRMLS_DC, int num_args, va_list ar
 	long filter = va_arg(args, long);
 	zval *obj = va_arg(args, zval *);
 
-	_addmethod(mptr, ce, retval, filter, obj TSRMLS_CC);
+	if (hash_key->nKeyLength != 0 && hash_key->arKey[0] != '\0') {
+		_addmethod(mptr, ce, retval, filter, obj TSRMLS_CC);
+	}
+
 	return ZEND_HASH_APPLY_KEEP;
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/reflection/tests/ReflectionClass_getMethods_004.phpt b/ext/reflection/tests/ReflectionClass_getMethods_004.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..571735e24511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/reflection/tests/ReflectionClass_getMethods_004.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+--TEST--
+ReflectionClass::getMethods() with trait
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+class Class1 {
+	use T {
+		func as newFunc;
+	}
+
+	public function func() {
+		echo "From Class1::func\n";
+	}
+}
+
+class Class2 {
+	use T {
+		func as newFunc2;
+	}
+}
+
+class Class3 {
+	use T;
+}
+
+trait T {
+	public function func() {
+		echo "From trait T\n";
+	}
+}
+
+echo "Class1:\n";
+$rc1 = new ReflectionClass("Class1");
+var_dump($rc1->getMethods());
+
+echo "Class2:\n";
+$rc2 = new ReflectionClass("Class2");
+var_dump($rc2->getMethods());
+
+echo "Class3:\n";
+$rc3 = new ReflectionClass("Class3");
+var_dump($rc3->getMethods());
+--EXPECTF--
+Class1:
+array(2) {
+  [0]=>
+  &object(ReflectionMethod)#%d (2) {
+    ["name"]=>
+    string(4) "func"
+    ["class"]=>
+    string(6) "Class1"
+  }
+  [1]=>
+  &object(ReflectionMethod)#%d (2) {
+    ["name"]=>
+    string(7) "newFunc"
+    ["class"]=>
+    string(6) "Class1"
+  }
+}
+Class2:
+array(2) {
+  [0]=>
+  &object(ReflectionMethod)#%d (2) {
+    ["name"]=>
+    string(8) "newFunc2"
+    ["class"]=>
+    string(6) "Class2"
+  }
+  [1]=>
+  &object(ReflectionMethod)#%d (2) {
+    ["name"]=>
+    string(4) "func"
+    ["class"]=>
+    string(6) "Class2"
+  }
+}
+Class3:
+array(1) {
+  [0]=>
+  &object(ReflectionMethod)#%d (2) {
+    ["name"]=>
+    string(4) "func"
+    ["class"]=>
+    string(6) "Class3"
+  }
+}