diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug49908.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug49908.phpt
index af8ab45934e50..2f33080258881 100644
--- a/Zend/tests/bug49908.phpt
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug49908.phpt
@@ -13,22 +13,18 @@ spl_autoload_register(function ($className) {
 	}
 });
 
-try {
-    new Foo();
-} catch (Exception $e) { }
-
-// We never reach here.
-var_dump(new Foo());
+new Foo;
 
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
 string(3) "Foo"
 string(3) "Bar"
 
-Fatal error: During class fetch: Uncaught Exception: Bar in %s:%d
+Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Bar in %s:%d
 Stack trace:
 #0 [internal function]: {closure}('Bar')
 #1 %s(%d): spl_autoload_call('Bar')
 #2 [internal function]: {closure}('Foo')
 #3 %s(%d): spl_autoload_call('Foo')
-#4 {main} in %s on line %d
+#4 {main}
+  thrown in %s on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
index 57ccf6c9c8d85..9f10843b6b82f 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute_API.c
@@ -1424,28 +1424,14 @@ zend_class_entry *zend_fetch_class_by_name(zend_string *class_name, const zval *
 	if (fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_NO_AUTOLOAD) {
 		return zend_lookup_class_ex(class_name, key, 0);
 	} else if ((ce = zend_lookup_class_ex(class_name, key, 1)) == NULL) {
-		if (fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_SILENT) {
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		if (EG(exception)) {
-			if (!(fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_EXCEPTION)) {
-				zend_string *exception_str;
-				zval exception_zv;
-				ZVAL_OBJ(&exception_zv, EG(exception));
-				Z_ADDREF(exception_zv);
-				zend_clear_exception();
-				exception_str = zval_get_string(&exception_zv);
-				zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR,
-					"During class fetch: Uncaught %s", ZSTR_VAL(exception_str));
+		if ((fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_SILENT) == 0 && !EG(exception)) {
+			if ((fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_MASK) == ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_INTERFACE) {
+				zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Interface '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
+			} else if ((fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_MASK) == ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_TRAIT) {
+				zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Trait '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
+			} else {
+				zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Class '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
 			}
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		if ((fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_MASK) == ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_INTERFACE) {
-			zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Interface '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
-		} else if ((fetch_type & ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_MASK) == ZEND_FETCH_CLASS_TRAIT) {
-			zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Trait '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
-		} else {
-			zend_throw_or_error(fetch_type, NULL, "Class '%s' not found", ZSTR_VAL(class_name));
 		}
 		return NULL;
 	}