diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/Data.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/Data.php
index 52d86edf12..21adb2364a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/Data.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/Data.php
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class Data implements \ArrayAccess, \Countable, \IteratorAggregate
                 }
                 $cursor->hardRefTo = $refs[$r];
                 $cursor->hardRefHandle = $this->useRefHandles & $item->handle;
-                $cursor->hardRefCount = $item->refCount;
+                $cursor->hardRefCount = 0 < $item->handle ? $item->refCount : 0;
             }
             $cursor->attr = $item->attr;
             $type = $item->class ?: \gettype($item->value);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
index fad05f67d6..6a9002137b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
@@ -159,13 +159,19 @@ class VarCloner extends AbstractCloner
                         if (Stub::ARRAY_ASSOC === $stub->class) {
                             // Copies of $GLOBALS have very strange behavior,
                             // let's detect them with some black magic
-                            $a[$gid] = true;
-
-                            // Happens with copies of $GLOBALS
-                            if (isset($v[$gid])) {
+                            if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80100 && ($a[$gid] = true) && isset($v[$gid])) {
                                 unset($v[$gid]);
                                 $a = [];
                                 foreach ($v as $gk => &$gv) {
+                                    if ($v === $gv) {
+                                        unset($v);
+                                        $v = new Stub();
+                                        $v->value = [$v->cut = \count($gv), Stub::TYPE_ARRAY => 0];
+                                        $v->handle = -1;
+                                        $gv = &$hardRefs[spl_object_id($v)];
+                                        $gv = $v;
+                                    }
+
                                     $a[$gk] = &$gv;
                                 }
                                 unset($gv);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/Dumper/CliDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/Dumper/CliDumperTest.php
index ed842f276e..ae81eb33f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/Dumper/CliDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/Dumper/CliDumperTest.php
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ EOTXT
     /**
      * @runInSeparateProcess
      * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+     * @requires PHP < 8.1
      */
     public function testSpecialVars56()
     {
@@ -453,11 +454,11 @@ array:3 [
     ]
   ]
   1 => array:1 [
-    "GLOBALS" => &2 array:1 [
-      "GLOBALS" => &2 array:1 [&2]
-    ]
+    "GLOBALS" => & array:1 [ …1]
+  ]
+  2 => &3 array:1 [
+    "GLOBALS" => &3 array:1 [&3]
   ]
-  2 => &2 array:1 [&2]
 ]
 EOTXT
             ,
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ EOTXT
     /**
      * @runInSeparateProcess
      * @preserveGlobalState disabled
+     * @requires PHP < 8.1
      */
     public function testGlobals()
     {
@@ -490,11 +492,11 @@ EOTXT
             <<<'EOTXT'
 array:2 [
   1 => array:1 [
-    "GLOBALS" => &1 array:1 [
-      "GLOBALS" => &1 array:1 [&1]
-    ]
+    "GLOBALS" => & array:1 [ …1]
+  ]
+  2 => &2 array:1 [
+    "GLOBALS" => &2 array:1 [&2]
   ]
-  2 => &1 array:1 [&1]
 ]
 
 EOTXT
@@ -584,6 +586,6 @@ EOTXT
             return $var;
         };
 
-        return [$var(), $GLOBALS, &$GLOBALS];
+        return eval('return [$var(), $GLOBALS, &$GLOBALS];');
     }
 }