diff --git a/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php b/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
index 81b9bb83..46bf41b3 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatter.php
@@ -94,12 +94,15 @@ class NormalizerFormatter implements FormatterInterface
                 return $this->normalizeException($data);
             }
 
-            $objData = $this->toJson($data, true);;
-            if(!$objData and method_exists($data, '__toString')) {
-                $objData = $data;
+            // non-serializable objects that implement __toString stringified
+            if (method_exists($data, '__toString') && !$data instanceof \JsonSerializable) {
+                $value = (string) $data;
+            } else {
+                // the rest is json-serialized in some way
+                $value = $this->toJson($data, true);
             }
-            
-            return sprintf("[object] (%s: %s)", get_class($data), $objData);
+
+            return sprintf("[object] (%s: %s)", get_class($data), $value);
         }
 
         if (is_resource($data)) {
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LineFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LineFormatterTest.php
index 89e1ca2e..c1b2e0ee 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LineFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/LineFormatterTest.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class LineFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'message' => 'foobar',
         ));
 
-        $this->assertEquals('['.date('Y-m-d').'] meh.ERROR: foobar [] {"foo":"[object] (Monolog\\\\Formatter\\\\TestFoo: {\\"foo\\":\\"foo\\"})","bar":"[object] (Monolog\\\\Formatter\\\\TestBar: {})","baz":[],"res":"[resource]"}'."\n", $message);
+        $this->assertEquals('['.date('Y-m-d').'] meh.ERROR: foobar [] {"foo":"[object] (Monolog\\\\Formatter\\\\TestFoo: {\\"foo\\":\\"foo\\"})","bar":"[object] (Monolog\\\\Formatter\\\\TestBar: bar)","baz":[],"res":"[resource]"}'."\n", $message);
     }
 
     public function testDefFormatWithException()
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
index 3ab77a81..0ee39348 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Formatter/NormalizerFormatterTest.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class NormalizerFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'datetime' => date('Y-m-d'),
             'extra' => array(
                 'foo' => '[object] (Monolog\\Formatter\\TestFooNorm: {"foo":"foo"})',
-                'bar' => '[object] (Monolog\\Formatter\\TestBarNorm: {})',
+                'bar' => '[object] (Monolog\\Formatter\\TestBarNorm: bar)',
                 'baz' => array(),
                 'res' => '[resource]',
             ),