diff --git a/lib/Cake/Error/ErrorHandler.php b/lib/Cake/Error/ErrorHandler.php
index e971b38c1..cf2409ddc 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Error/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Error/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -107,31 +107,32 @@ class ErrorHandler {
  * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-exception-handler.php
  */
 	public static function handleException(Exception $exception) {
+		$config = Configure::read('Exception');
+		if (!empty($config['log'])) {
+			$message = sprintf("[%s] %s\n%s",
+				get_class($exception),
+				$exception->getMessage(),
+				$exception->getTraceAsString()
+			);
+			CakeLog::write(LOG_ERR, $message);
+		}
+		$renderer = $config['renderer'];
+		if ($renderer !== 'ExceptionRenderer') {
+			list($plugin, $renderer) = pluginSplit($renderer, true);
+			App::uses($renderer, $plugin . 'Error');
+		}
 		try {
-			$config = Configure::read('Exception');
-			if (!empty($config['log'])) {
-				$message = sprintf("[%s] %s\n%s",
-					get_class($exception),
-					$exception->getMessage(),
-					$exception->getTraceAsString()
-				);
-				CakeLog::write(LOG_ERR, $message);
-			}
-			$renderer = $config['renderer'];
-			if ($renderer !== 'ExceptionRenderer') {
-				list($plugin, $renderer) = pluginSplit($renderer, true);
-				App::uses($renderer, $plugin . 'Error');
-			}
 			$error = new $renderer($exception);
 			$error->render();
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
-			$message = $e->getMessage()."\nCall Stack:\n".$e->getTraceAsString();
-			ErrorHandler::handleError(
-				E_ERROR,
-				$message,
-				$e->getFile(),
-				$e->getLine()
+			set_error_handler(Configure::read('Error.handler')); // Should be using configured ErrorHandler
+			Configure::write('Error.trace', false); // trace is useless here since it's internal
+			$message = sprintf("[%s] %s\n%s", // Keeping same message format
+				get_class($e),
+				$e->getMessage(),
+				$e->getTraceAsString()
 			);
+			trigger_error($message, E_USER_ERROR);
 		}
 	}