diff --git a/BoundMethod.php b/BoundMethod.php
index 4f09ec3..d422ea4 100644
--- a/BoundMethod.php
+++ b/BoundMethod.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Container;
 
+use Closure;
 use ReflectionMethod;
 use ReflectionFunction;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ protected static function callClass($container, $target, array $parameters = [],
     protected static function callBoundMethod($container, $callback, $default)
     {
         if (! is_array($callback)) {
-            return value($default);
+            return $default instanceof Closure ? $default() : $default;
         }
 
         // Here we need to turn the array callable into a Class@method string we can use to
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ protected static function callBoundMethod($container, $callback, $default)
             return $container->callMethodBinding($method, $callback[0]);
         }
 
-        return value($default);
+        return $default instanceof Closure ? $default() : $default;
     }
 
     /**