diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
index 58ce1606a9c7..3d061554d5a7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public function __construct(/*ExpressionLanguage */$expressionLanguage = null)
             }
         } elseif (null !== $expressionLanguage && !$expressionLanguage instanceof ExpressionLanguage) {
             @trigger_error(sprintf('The "%s" first argument must be an instance of "%s" or null since 4.4. "%s" given', __METHOD__, ExpressionLanguage::class, \is_object($expressionLanguage) ? \get_class($expressionLanguage) : \gettype($expressionLanguage)), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
+            $expressionLanguage = null;
         }
 
         $this->expressionLanguage = $expressionLanguage;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
index e1507fa8e93f..c5b2ebee074c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Constraints;
 
 use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Expression;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\ExpressionValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Test\ConstraintValidatorTestCase;
@@ -302,11 +303,13 @@ public function testLegacyExpressionLanguageUsage()
 
     /**
      * @group legacy
-     * @expectedDeprecation The "Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\ExpressionValidator::__construct" first argument must be an instance of "Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage" or null since 4.4. "string" given
+     * @expectedDeprecation The "Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\ExpressionValidator::__construct" first argument must be an instance of "Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage" or null since 4.4. "Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessor" given
      */
-    public function testConstructorInvalidType()
+    public function testDeprecatedArgumentType()
     {
-        new ExpressionValidator('foo');
+        $validator = new ExpressionValidator(PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor());
+        $validator->initialize($this->createContext());
+        $validator->validate(null, new Expression(['expression' => 'false']));
     }
 
     public function testPassingCustomValues()