diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/com_wrapper.c b/ext/com_dotnet/com_wrapper.c
index 42698a2e651f5..81c31969161b8 100644
--- a/ext/com_dotnet/com_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/com_wrapper.c
@@ -257,13 +257,10 @@ static HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE disp_invokeex(
 		/* TODO: if PHP raises an exception here, we should catch it
 		 * and expose it as a COM exception */
 
-		if (wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET) {
-			retval = zend_read_property(Z_OBJCE(disp->object), Z_OBJ(disp->object), Z_STRVAL_P(name), Z_STRLEN_P(name), 1, &rv);
-			ret = S_OK;
-		} else if (wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT) {
+		if (wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT) {
 			zend_update_property(Z_OBJCE(disp->object), Z_OBJ(disp->object), Z_STRVAL_P(name), Z_STRLEN_P(name), &params[0]);
 			ret = S_OK;
-		} else if (wFlags & DISPATCH_METHOD) {
+		} else if (wFlags & DISPATCH_METHOD && zend_is_callable_ex(name, Z_OBJ(disp->object), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL)) {
 			zend_try {
 				retval = &rv;
 				if (SUCCESS == call_user_function(NULL, &disp->object, name,
@@ -289,6 +286,9 @@ static HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE disp_invokeex(
 				trace("something blew up\n");
 				ret = DISP_E_EXCEPTION;
 			} zend_end_try();
+		} else if (wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET) {
+			retval = zend_read_property(Z_OBJCE(disp->object), Z_OBJ(disp->object), Z_STRVAL_P(name), Z_STRLEN_P(name), 1, &rv);
+			ret = S_OK;
 		} else {
 			trace("Don't know how to handle this invocation %08x\n", wFlags);
 		}
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ static HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE disp_invokeex(
 				VariantInit(pvarRes);
 				php_com_variant_from_zval(pvarRes, retval, COMG(code_page));
 			}
-			// zval_ptr_dtor(retval); // TODO needed for function calls?
+			if (retval == &rv) {
+				zval_ptr_dtor(retval);
+			}
 		} else if (pvarRes) {
 			VariantInit(pvarRes);
 		}
diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/tests/variant_variation3.phpt b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/variant_variation3.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb77f6982c871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/variant_variation3.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+--TEST--
+Testing reading properties and calling functions
+--EXTENSIONS--
+com_dotnet
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class MyClass {
+    public $foo = "property";
+    public $bar = "bar";
+    public function foo() {
+        return "method";
+    }
+    public function stdClass() {
+        return new stdclass();
+    }
+}
+
+$o = new MyClass();
+$v = new variant($o);
+var_dump($v->foo);
+var_dump($v->foo());
+var_dump($v->bar);
+var_dump($v->bar());
+var_dump($v->stdclass);
+var_dump($v->stdclass());
+try {
+    var_dump($v->qux);
+} catch (com_exception $ex) {
+    echo $ex->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+string(6) "method"
+string(6) "method"
+string(3) "bar"
+string(3) "bar"
+object(variant)#%d (0) {
+}
+object(variant)#%d (0) {
+}
+Unable to lookup `qux': %s