diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/FrontendController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/FrontendController.php
index f7204225cc..1023ccbbd1 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/FrontendController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/FrontendController.php
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ public function route(Request $request, ...$args)
         $view = Arr::pull($params, 'view');
         $data = Arr::pull($params, 'data');
 
-        throw_if(is_callable($view) && $data, new \Exception('Parameter [$data] not supported with [$view] closure!'));
+        throw_if(($view instanceof Closure) && $data, new \Exception('Parameter [$data] not supported with [$view] closure!'));
 
-        if (is_callable($view)) {
+        if ($view instanceof Closure) {
             $resolvedView = static::resolveRouteClosure($view, $params);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RoutesTest.php b/tests/Routing/RoutesTest.php
index 1eba7b93c2..b94d924ae4 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RoutesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RoutesTest.php
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ protected function resolveApplicationConfiguration($app)
                 });
 
             });
+
+            Route::statamic('/callables-test', 'auth');
         });
     }
 
@@ -596,6 +598,17 @@ public function it_uses_a_non_default_layout()
             ->assertOk()
             ->assertSee('Custom layout');
     }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_checks_for_closure_instances_instead_of_callables()
+    {
+        $this->viewShouldReturnRaw('auth', 'Hello, world.');
+        $this->viewShouldReturnRaw('layout', '{{ template_content }}');
+
+        $this->get('/callables-test')
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertSee('Hello, world.');
+    }
 }
 
 class FooClass