diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aspects/Exceptions/ExceptionHandlerAdvice.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aspects/Exceptions/ExceptionHandlerAdvice.cs
index f089ebb3..5d0cf6d6 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aspects/Exceptions/ExceptionHandlerAdvice.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aspects/Exceptions/ExceptionHandlerAdvice.cs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Spring.Aspects.Exceptions
                     else
                     {                        
                         Type returnType = invocation.Method.ReturnType;
-                        return returnType.IsValueType ? Activator.CreateInstance(returnType) : null;
+                        return returnType.IsValueType && !returnType.Equals(typeof(void))? Activator.CreateInstance(returnType) : null;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Aop.Tests/Aspects/Exception/ExceptionHandlerAspectIntegrationTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Aop.Tests/Aspects/Exception/ExceptionHandlerAspectIntegrationTests.cs
index ba6fbed6..d6e89750 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Aop.Tests/Aspects/Exception/ExceptionHandlerAspectIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Aop.Tests/Aspects/Exception/ExceptionHandlerAspectIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ namespace Spring.Aspects.Exceptions
             try
             {
                 to.Exceptional(new ArithmeticException("Bad Math"));                
-            } catch (Exception)
+            } catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Assert.Fail("Should not have thrown exception");   
+                Assert.Fail("Should not have thrown exception" + e);   
             }
         }