diff --git a/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c b/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
index dbff01aa1a4..87c40acf4fb 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c
@@ -515,9 +515,8 @@ ZEND_FUNCTION(error_reporting)
 	old_error_reporting = EG(error_reporting);
 	if (ZEND_NUM_ARGS() != 0) {
 		zend_string *new_val = zval_try_get_string(err);
-
 		if (UNEXPECTED(!new_val)) {
-			return;
+			RETURN_THROWS();
 		}
 
 		do {