diff --git a/library/Mockery.php b/library/Mockery.php
index 52663edea..44a5a4b8d 100644
--- a/library/Mockery.php
+++ b/library/Mockery.php
@@ -662,23 +662,20 @@ private static function objectToArray($object, $nesting = 3)
             return array('...');
         }
 
+        $defaultFormatter = function ($object, $nesting) {
+            return array('properties' => self::extractInstancePublicProperties($object, $nesting));
+        };
+
         $class = get_class($object);
-        $customFormatterClass = self::getConfiguration()->findObjectFormatter($class);
+
+        $formatter = self::getConfiguration()->getObjectFormatter($class, $defaultFormatter);
 
         $array = array(
           'class' => $class,
           'identity' => '#' . md5(spl_object_hash($object))
         );
 
-        if ($customFormatterClass) {
-            $customFormatter = self::getConfiguration()->getObjectFormatter($customFormatterClass);
-            $array = array_merge($array, $customFormatter($object));
-        } else {
-            $array = array_merge(
-                $array,
-                array('properties' => self::extractInstancePublicProperties($object, $nesting))
-            );
-        }
+        $array = array_merge($array, $formatter($object, $nesting));
 
         return $array;
     }
diff --git a/library/Mockery/Configuration.php b/library/Mockery/Configuration.php
index 8e4c47685..e5272874a 100644
--- a/library/Mockery/Configuration.php
+++ b/library/Mockery/Configuration.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public function setObjectFormatter($class, $formatterCallback)
         $this->_objectFormatters[$class] = $formatterCallback;
     }
 
-    public function findObjectFormatter($class)
+    public function getObjectFormatter($class, $defaultFormatter)
     {
         $parentClass = $class;
         do {
@@ -234,14 +234,9 @@ public function findObjectFormatter($class)
         $classesAndInterfaces = array_merge($classes, class_implements($class));
         foreach ($classesAndInterfaces as $type) {
             if (isset($this->_objectFormatters[$type])) {
-                return $type;
+                return $this->_objectFormatters[$type];
             }
         }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public function getObjectFormatter($class)
-    {
-        return $this->_objectFormatters[$class];
+        return $defaultFormatter;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Mockery/WithCustomFormatterExpectationTest.php b/tests/Mockery/WithCustomFormatterExpectationTest.php
index 080ca874b..13c3a37e7 100644
--- a/tests/Mockery/WithCustomFormatterExpectationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Mockery/WithCustomFormatterExpectationTest.php
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ public function setUp(): void
     {
         \Mockery::getConfiguration()->setObjectFormatter(
             'ClassWithCustomFormatter',
-            function ($object) {
+            function ($object, $nesting) {
                 return array(
+                    "formatter" => 'ClassWithCustomFormatter',
                     "properties" => array(
                         "stringProperty" => $object->stringProperty
                     ),
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ function ($object) {
         );
         \Mockery::getConfiguration()->setObjectFormatter(
             'InterfaceWithCustomFormatter',
-            function ($object) {
+            function ($object, $nesting) {
                 return array(
+                    "formatter" => 'InterfaceWithCustomFormatter',
                     "properties" => array(
                         "stringProperty" => $object->stringProperty
                     ),
@@ -54,17 +56,24 @@ function ($object) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @dataProvider findObjectFormatterDataProvider
+     * @dataProvider getObjectFormatterDataProvider
      */
-    public function testFindObjectFormatter($object, $expected)
+    public function testGetObjectFormatter($object, $expected)
     {
+        $defaultFormatter = function ($class, $nesting) {
+            return null;
+        };
+
+        $formatter = \Mockery::getConfiguration()->getObjectFormatter(get_class($object), $defaultFormatter);
+        $formatted = $formatter($object, 1);
+
         $this->assertEquals(
             $expected,
-            \Mockery::getConfiguration()->findObjectFormatter(get_class($object))
+            $formatted ? $formatted['formatter'] : null
         );
     }
 
-    public function findObjectFormatterDataProvider()
+    public function getObjectFormatterDataProvider()
     {
         return array(
             array(