diff --git a/lib/classes/auth_plugins/StudipAuthAbstract.php b/lib/classes/auth_plugins/StudipAuthAbstract.php
index e701c3310b6ab2d15aed23c8687770cd466a9c9d..c394952d6903d308c778565a28cdd585ecde8e50 100644
--- a/lib/classes/auth_plugins/StudipAuthAbstract.php
+++ b/lib/classes/auth_plugins/StudipAuthAbstract.php
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class StudipAuthAbstract
         if ($user && is_array($this->user_data_mapping)) {
             foreach ($this->user_data_mapping as $key => $value) {
                 $callback = null;
-                if (method_exists($this, $value['callback'])) {
+                if (is_string($value['callback']) && method_exists($this, $value['callback'])) {
                     $callback = [$this, $value['callback']];
                 } else if (is_callable($value['callback'])) {
                     $callback = $value['callback'];