diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
index 2a7ab516..e49ef34e 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class apache extends HttpConfigBase
 			foreach ($restart_cmds as $restart_cmd) {
 				// check whether the config dir is empty (no domains uses this daemon)
 				// so we need to create a dummy
-				$isDirEmpty = !(new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']))->valid();
+				$fsi = new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']);
+				$isDirEmpty = !$fsi->valid();
 				if ($isDirEmpty) {
 					$this->logger->logAction(CRON_ACTION, LOG_INFO, 'apache::reload: fpm config directory "' . $restart_cmd['config_dir'] . '" is empty. Creating dummy.');
 					phpinterface_fpm::createDummyPool($restart_cmd['config_dir']);
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
index 99232c8c..84b88400 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class lighttpd extends HttpConfigBase
 			foreach ($restart_cmds as $restart_cmd) {
 				// check whether the config dir is empty (no domains uses this daemon)
 				// so we need to create a dummy
-				$isDirEmpty = !(new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']))->valid();
+				$fsi = new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']);
+				$isDirEmpty = !$fsi->valid();
 				if ($isDirEmpty) {
 					$this->logger->logAction(CRON_ACTION, LOG_INFO, 'lighttpd::reload: fpm config directory "' . $restart_cmd['config_dir'] . '" is empty. Creating dummy.');
 					phpinterface_fpm::createDummyPool($restart_cmd['config_dir']);
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.30.nginx.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.30.nginx.php
index 7f86f605..e2eac04d 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.30.nginx.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.30.nginx.php
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class nginx extends HttpConfigBase
 			foreach ($restart_cmds as $restart_cmd) {
 				// check whether the config dir is empty (no domains uses this daemon)
 				// so we need to create a dummy
-				$isDirEmpty = !(new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']))->valid();
+				$fsi = new \FilesystemIterator($restart_cmd['config_dir']);
+				$isDirEmpty = !$fsi->valid();
 				if ($isDirEmpty) {
 					$this->logger->logAction(CRON_ACTION, LOG_INFO, 'nginx::reload: fpm config directory "' . $restart_cmd['config_dir'] . '" is empty. Creating dummy.');
 					phpinterface_fpm::createDummyPool($restart_cmd['config_dir']);