diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php
index 2cc02541..c7bddc53 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/FingersCrossedHandler.php
@@ -79,10 +79,13 @@ class FingersCrossedHandler extends AbstractHandler
                     $this->buffering = false;
                 }
                 if (!$this->handler instanceof HandlerInterface) {
+                    if (!is_callable($this->handler)) {
+                        throw new \RuntimeException("The given handler (".json_encode($this->handler).") is not a callable nor a Monolog\Handler\HandlerInterface object");
+                    }
                     $this->handler = call_user_func($this->handler, $record, $this);
-                }
-                if (!$this->handler instanceof HandlerInterface) {
-                    throw new \RuntimeException("The factory callback should return a HandlerInterface");
+                    if (!$this->handler instanceof HandlerInterface) {
+                        throw new \RuntimeException("The factory callable should return a HandlerInterface");
+                    }
                 }
                 $this->handler->handleBatch($this->buffer);
                 $this->buffer = array();