diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug41919.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug41919.phpt
index 127eb97bc16..3ba9ae0ec48 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/bug41919.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug41919.phpt
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ $foo[3]->bar[1] = "bang";
 echo "ok\n";
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-Warning: Cannot use string offset as an array in %s/bug41919.php on line %d
-ok
+Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an object in %s/bug41919.php on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute.c b/Zend/zend_execute.c
index 6214837cd2a..5ff01f510a4 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute.c
@@ -1234,6 +1234,10 @@ static void zend_fetch_property_address(temp_variable *result, zval **container_
 {
 	zval *container;
 
+	if (!container_ptr) {
+		zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR, "Cannot use string offset as an object");
+	}
+
 	container = *container_ptr;
 	if (container == EG(error_zval_ptr)) {
 		if (result) {