diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/modern/xml/return_dom_node_from_xpath.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/modern/xml/return_dom_node_from_xpath.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4388139c43cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/modern/xml/return_dom_node_from_xpath.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--TEST--
+Returning a Dom\Node from Dom\XPath callback
+--EXTENSIONS--
+dom
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$dom = Dom\XMLDocument::createFromString('<root/>');
+$xpath = new Dom\XPath($dom);
+$xpath->registerPhpFunctionNs('urn:x', 'test', fn() => $dom->createElement('foo'));
+$xpath->registerNamespace('x', 'urn:x');
+$test = $xpath->query('x:test()');
+var_dump($test[0]->nodeName);
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(3) "foo"
diff --git a/ext/dom/xpath_callbacks.c b/ext/dom/xpath_callbacks.c
index 00b5ccb5911cd..283ccd8f7cc62 100644
--- a/ext/dom/xpath_callbacks.c
+++ b/ext/dom/xpath_callbacks.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBXML) && defined(HAVE_DOM)
 
 #include "php_dom.h"
+#include "internal_helpers.h"
 #include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
 
 static void xpath_callbacks_entry_dtor(zval *zv)
@@ -425,7 +426,8 @@ static zend_result php_dom_xpath_callback_dispatch(php_dom_xpath_callbacks *xpat
 	}
 
 	if (Z_TYPE(callback_retval) != IS_UNDEF) {
-		if (Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_OBJECT && instanceof_function(Z_OBJCE(callback_retval), dom_node_class_entry)) {
+		if (Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_OBJECT
+		 && (instanceof_function(Z_OBJCE(callback_retval), dom_get_node_ce(php_dom_follow_spec_node((const xmlNode *) ctxt->context->doc))))) {
 			xmlNode *nodep;
 			dom_object *obj;
 			if (xpath_callbacks->node_list == NULL) {
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ static zend_result php_dom_xpath_callback_dispatch(php_dom_xpath_callbacks *xpat
 		} else if (Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_FALSE || Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_TRUE) {
 			valuePush(ctxt, xmlXPathNewBoolean(Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_TRUE));
 		} else if (Z_TYPE(callback_retval) == IS_OBJECT) {
-			zend_type_error("Only objects that are instances of DOMNode can be converted to an XPath expression");
+			zend_type_error("Only objects that are instances of DOM nodes can be converted to an XPath expression");
 			zval_ptr_dtor(&callback_retval);
 			return FAILURE;
 		} else {
diff --git a/ext/xsl/tests/xslt_non_dom_node.phpt b/ext/xsl/tests/xslt_non_dom_node.phpt
index 9ead8a67fb581..0fbebc122874c 100644
--- a/ext/xsl/tests/xslt_non_dom_node.phpt
+++ b/ext/xsl/tests/xslt_non_dom_node.phpt
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ try {
 }
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-Only objects that are instances of DOMNode can be converted to an XPath expression
+Only objects that are instances of DOM nodes can be converted to an XPath expression