diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
index 3cc78df76f4..1f3987b1c8e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
@@ -2085,8 +2085,10 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(call_user_func_array)
 		func_params = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (call_user_function_ex(EG(function_table), NULL, *func, &retval_ptr, count, func_params, 0, NULL TSRMLS_CC) == SUCCESS && retval_ptr) {
-		COPY_PZVAL_TO_ZVAL(*return_value, retval_ptr);
+	if (call_user_function_ex(EG(function_table), NULL, *func, &retval_ptr, count, func_params, 0, NULL TSRMLS_CC) == SUCCESS) {
+		if (retval_ptr) {
+			COPY_PZVAL_TO_ZVAL(*return_value, retval_ptr);
+		}
 	} else {
 		php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Unable to call %s()", name);
 	}
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/bug31190.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/bug31190.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fdf8eea756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/bug31190.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--TEST--
+bug #31190 (exception in call_user_func_array())
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+class test {
+     function throwException() { throw new Exception("Hello World!\n"); 
+} }
+
+$array = array(new test(), 'throwException');
+try {
+     call_user_func($array, 1, 2);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+     echo $e->getMessage();
+}
+
+try {
+     call_user_func_array($array, array(1, 2));
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+     echo $e->getMessage();
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+Hello World!
+Hello World!
+