diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 7ea8a37d9..e0690b2fd 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -7790,7 +7790,7 @@
     function createCallback(func, thisArg, argCount) {
       var type = typeof func;
       if (type == 'function' || func == null) {
-        return (typeof thisArg == 'undefined' || !('prototype' in func)) &&
+        return (typeof thisArg == 'undefined' || !(func && 'prototype' in func)) &&
           func || baseCreateCallback(func, thisArg, argCount);
       }
       // handle "_.pluck" and "_.where" style callback shorthands
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index a335bd74b..33e531d61 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1663,6 +1663,18 @@
       });
     });
 
+    test('should not error when `func` is nullish and a `thisArg` is provided', 2, function() {
+      var object = {};
+      _.each([null, undefined], function(value) {
+        try {
+          var callback = _.callback(value, {});
+          strictEqual(callback(object), object);
+        } catch(e) {
+          ok(false);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
     test('should return a callback created by `_.matches` when `func` is an object', 2, function() {
       var callback = _.callback({ 'a': 1 });
       strictEqual(callback({ 'a': 1, 'b': 2 }), true);