diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/PdoSessionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/PdoSessionHandler.php
index 979cb783a8..93c9ce2d16 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/PdoSessionHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/Handler/PdoSessionHandler.php
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class PdoSessionHandler extends AbstractSessionHandler
                 // - trailing space removal
                 // - case-insensitivity
                 // - language processing like é == e
-                $sql = "CREATE TABLE $this->table ($this->idCol VARBINARY(128) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, $this->dataCol BLOB NOT NULL, $this->lifetimeCol INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, $this->timeCol INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL) COLLATE utf8_bin, ENGINE = InnoDB";
+                $sql = "CREATE TABLE $this->table ($this->idCol VARBINARY(128) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, $this->dataCol BLOB NOT NULL, $this->lifetimeCol INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, $this->timeCol INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL) COLLATE utf8mb4_bin, ENGINE = InnoDB";
                 break;
             case 'sqlite':
                 $sql = "CREATE TABLE $this->table ($this->idCol TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, $this->dataCol BLOB NOT NULL, $this->lifetimeCol INTEGER NOT NULL, $this->timeCol INTEGER NOT NULL)";
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/Caster.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/Caster.php
index 884e84de9b..9a2b685b8a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/Caster.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/Caster.php
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ class Caster
      */
     public static function castObject($obj, $class, $hasDebugInfo = false)
     {
+        if ($hasDebugInfo) {
+            try {
+                $debugInfo = $obj->__debugInfo();
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                // ignore failing __debugInfo()
+                $hasDebugInfo = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         $a = $obj instanceof \Closure ? [] : (array) $obj;
 
         if ($obj instanceof \__PHP_Incomplete_Class) {
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@ class Caster
             }
         }
 
-        if ($hasDebugInfo && \is_array($debugInfo = $obj->__debugInfo())) {
+        if ($hasDebugInfo && \is_array($debugInfo)) {
             foreach ($debugInfo as $k => $v) {
                 if (!isset($k[0]) || "\0" !== $k[0]) {
                     $k = self::PREFIX_VIRTUAL.$k;