diff --git a/Zend/zend_vm_def.h b/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
index d2ff9757c7d..ccd46c575d2 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
@@ -8600,6 +8600,10 @@ ZEND_VM_COLD_CONST_HANDLER(190, ZEND_COUNT, CONST|TMPVAR|CV, UNUSED)
 				if (SUCCESS == zobj->handlers->count_elements(zobj, &count)) {
 					break;
 				}
+				if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
+					count = 0;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* if not and the object implements Countable we call its count() method */
diff --git a/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h b/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
index 1bd056f73fd..1a62480bb3f 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
@@ -9560,6 +9560,10 @@ static ZEND_VM_COLD ZEND_OPCODE_HANDLER_RET ZEND_FASTCALL ZEND_COUNT_SPEC_CONST_
 				if (SUCCESS == zobj->handlers->count_elements(zobj, &count)) {
 					break;
 				}
+				if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
+					count = 0;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* if not and the object implements Countable we call its count() method */
@@ -16689,6 +16693,10 @@ static ZEND_OPCODE_HANDLER_RET ZEND_FASTCALL ZEND_COUNT_SPEC_TMPVAR_UNUSED_HANDL
 				if (SUCCESS == zobj->handlers->count_elements(zobj, &count)) {
 					break;
 				}
+				if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
+					count = 0;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* if not and the object implements Countable we call its count() method */
@@ -47315,6 +47323,10 @@ static ZEND_OPCODE_HANDLER_RET ZEND_FASTCALL ZEND_COUNT_SPEC_CV_UNUSED_HANDLER(Z
 				if (SUCCESS == zobj->handlers->count_elements(zobj, &count)) {
 					break;
 				}
+				if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
+					count = 0;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 			/* if not and the object implements Countable we call its count() method */
diff --git a/ext/ffi/tests/008.phpt b/ext/ffi/tests/008.phpt
index 626b2890ce2..fa3991abeea 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/tests/008.phpt
+++ b/ext/ffi/tests/008.phpt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ foreach ($a as $key => $val) {
 
 $a = FFI::new("struct {int x,y;}");
 try {
-	var_dump(@count($a));
+	var_dump(count($a));
 } catch (Throwable $e) {
 	echo get_class($e) . ": " . $e->getMessage()."\n";
 }
diff --git a/ext/standard/array.c b/ext/standard/array.c
index 245eeba7d87..6634611f5e2 100644
--- a/ext/standard/array.c
+++ b/ext/standard/array.c
@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(count)
 				if (SUCCESS == Z_OBJ_HT(*array)->count_elements(Z_OBJ_P(array), &Z_LVAL_P(return_value))) {
 					return;
 				}
+				if (EG(exception)) {
+					return;
+				}
 			}
 			/* if not and the object implements Countable we call its count() method */
 			if (instanceof_function(Z_OBJCE_P(array), zend_ce_countable)) {