diff --git a/py/_plugin/pytest_nose.py b/py/_plugin/pytest_nose.py
index 660b5f8ae..91e6e79b1 100644
--- a/py/_plugin/pytest_nose.py
+++ b/py/_plugin/pytest_nose.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def pytest_make_collect_report(collector):
 
 def call_optional(obj, name):
     method = getattr(obj, name, None)
-    if method and callable(method):
+    if method:
         # If there's any problems allow the exception to raise rather than
         # silently ignoring them
         method()
diff --git a/testing/plugin/test_pytest_nose.py b/testing/plugin/test_pytest_nose.py
index 199561cf7..3b049471e 100644
--- a/testing/plugin/test_pytest_nose.py
+++ b/testing/plugin/test_pytest_nose.py
@@ -74,6 +74,30 @@ def test_nose_setup_func_failure(testdir):
     ])
 
 
+def test_nose_setup_func_failure_2(testdir):
+    p = testdir.makepyfile("""
+        l = []
+
+        my_setup = 1
+        my_teardown = 2
+
+        def test_hello():
+            print l
+            assert l == [1]
+
+        def test_world():
+            print l
+            assert l == [1,2]
+
+        test_hello.setup = my_setup
+        test_hello.teardown = my_teardown
+    """)
+    result = testdir.runpytest(p, '-p', 'nose')
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+        "*TypeError: 'int' object is not callable*"
+    ])
+
+
 def test_nose_setup_partial(testdir):
     p = testdir.makepyfile("""
         from functools import partial