diff --git a/lib/phpcouch/record/ViewResultRow.php b/lib/phpcouch/record/ViewResultRow.php
index 91f8bfd..d37fdb4 100644
--- a/lib/phpcouch/record/ViewResultRow.php
+++ b/lib/phpcouch/record/ViewResultRow.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function getDocument($accessor = null, $retrieve = false)
 			// the value contains the document itself
 			$doc = $this->value;
 			// if the view didn't emit the actual doc as value but was called with include_docs=true
-			if(!$doc || (!isset($doc->_id) && !isset($doc['_id']))) {
+			if((isset($this->doc) && $this->doc instanceof \StdClass) || !$doc || (!isset($doc->_id) && !isset($doc['_id']))) {
 				$doc = $this->doc;
 			}
 		} elseif(is_callable($accessor)) {