diff --git a/Lib/php/director.swg b/Lib/php/director.swg
index 06eeb73b0..92c149999 100644
--- a/Lib/php/director.swg
+++ b/Lib/php/director.swg
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ namespace Swig {
         TSRMLS_SET_CTX(swig_zts_ctx);
       }
 
-      bool swig_is_overridden_method(char *cname, char *lc_fname) {
-        TSRMLS_FETCH_FROM_CTX(swig_zts_ctx);
+      static bool swig_is_overridden_method(char *cname, char *lc_fname TSRMLS_DC) {
         zend_class_entry **ce;
         zend_function *mptr;
 
diff --git a/Source/Modules/php.cxx b/Source/Modules/php.cxx
index 00dfb064e..a2f0e3687 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/php.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/php.cxx
@@ -915,10 +915,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     if (is_member_director(n)) {
-      Wrapper_add_local(f, "director", "Swig::Director *director = 0");
-      Printf(f->code, "director = dynamic_cast<Swig::Director*>(arg1);\n");
       Wrapper_add_local(f, "upcall", "bool upcall = false");
-      Printf(f->code, "upcall = !director->swig_is_overridden_method((char *)\"%s%s\", (char *)\"%s\");\n",
+      Printf(f->code, "upcall = !Swig::Director::swig_is_overridden_method((char *)\"%s%s\", (char *)\"%s\" TSRMLS_CC);\n",
 	  prefix, Swig_class_name(Swig_methodclass(n)), name);
     }