diff --git a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_inference.c b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
index 5af968aec35..1e524748975 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/Optimizer/zend_inference.c
@@ -4208,7 +4208,7 @@ int zend_may_throw(const zend_op *opline, zend_op_array *op_array, zend_ssa *ssa
 					return (t1 & MAY_BE_OBJECT);
 				case IS_LONG:
 				case IS_DOUBLE:
-					return (t1 & (MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_OBJECT));
+					return (t1 & MAY_BE_OBJECT);
 				case IS_STRING:
 					return (t1 & (MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_OBJECT));
 				case IS_ARRAY: