diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecorator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecorator.php
index ef41d497be..87a364a5f4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecorator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecorator.php
@@ -141,7 +141,13 @@ class PropertyAccessDecorator implements ChoiceListFactoryInterface
         if ($value instanceof PropertyPath) {
             $accessor = $this->propertyAccessor;
             $value = function ($choice) use ($accessor, $value) {
-                return $accessor->getValue($choice, $value);
+                // The callable may be invoked with a non-object/array value
+                // when such values are passed to
+                // ChoiceListInterface::getValuesForChoices(). Handle this case
+                // so that the call to getValue() doesn't break.
+                if (is_object($choice) || is_array($choice)) {
+                    return $accessor->getValue($choice, $value);
+                }
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecoratorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecoratorTest.php
index 8697a9cac5..311db477b1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecoratorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/ChoiceList/Factory/PropertyAccessDecoratorTest.php
@@ -93,6 +93,36 @@ class PropertyAccessDecoratorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame('value', $this->factory->createListFromLoader($loader, 'property'));
     }
 
+    // https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/5494
+    public function testCreateFromChoicesAssumeNullIfValuePropertyPathUnreadable()
+    {
+        $choices = array(null);
+
+        $this->decoratedFactory->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('createListFromChoices')
+            ->with($choices, $this->isInstanceOf('\Closure'))
+            ->will($this->returnCallback(function ($choices, $callback) {
+                return array_map($callback, $choices);
+            }));
+
+        $this->assertSame(array(null), $this->factory->createListFromChoices($choices, 'property'));
+    }
+
+    // https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/5494
+    public function testCreateFromChoiceLoaderAssumeNullIfValuePropertyPathUnreadable()
+    {
+        $loader = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Form\ChoiceList\Loader\ChoiceLoaderInterface');
+
+        $this->decoratedFactory->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('createListFromLoader')
+            ->with($loader, $this->isInstanceOf('\Closure'))
+            ->will($this->returnCallback(function ($loader, $callback) {
+                return $callback(null);
+            }));
+
+        $this->assertNull($this->factory->createListFromLoader($loader, 'property'));
+    }
+
     public function testCreateFromLoaderPropertyPathInstance()
     {
         $loader = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Form\ChoiceList\Loader\ChoiceLoaderInterface');