diff --git a/src/Modifiers/FormatterModifier.php b/src/Modifiers/FormatterModifier.php
index 6e1d8f8..bedb6f4 100644
--- a/src/Modifiers/FormatterModifier.php
+++ b/src/Modifiers/FormatterModifier.php
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ public function modify(mixed $value, string|null $pipe): string
 
         $formatter = $this->tryToCreateFormatter($name, $arguments);
 
-        if ($formatter === null || !is_scalar($value)) {
+        if ($formatter === null) {
             return $this->nextModifier->modify($value, $pipe);
         }
 
+        if (!is_scalar($value)) {
+            return $this->nextModifier->modify($value, null);
+        }
+
         return $formatter->format((string) $value);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Helper/TestingModifier.php b/tests/Helper/TestingModifier.php
index cdee9fc..57078b6 100644
--- a/tests/Helper/TestingModifier.php
+++ b/tests/Helper/TestingModifier.php
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
 
 final class TestingModifier implements Modifier
 {
+    public string|null $lastPipe = null;
+
     public function __construct(private string|null $customResult = null)
     {
     }
 
     public function modify(mixed $value, string|null $pipe): string
     {
+        $this->lastPipe = $pipe;
+
         return $this->customResult ?? ($pipe ? sprintf('%s(%s)', $pipe, print_r($value, true)) : print_r($value, true));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Modifiers/FormatterModifierTest.php b/tests/Unit/Modifiers/FormatterModifierTest.php
index 42525c9..f323e79 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Modifiers/FormatterModifierTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Modifiers/FormatterModifierTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@
 #[CoversClass(FormatterModifier::class)]
 final class FormatterModifierTest extends TestCase
 {
+    #[Test]
+    #[DataProvider('providerForNonScalarValues')]
+    public function itShouldDelegateWithNullPipeForNonScalarValues(
+        mixed $value,
+        string $pipe,
+    ): void {
+        $nextModifier = new TestingModifier('fallback');
+        $modifier = new FormatterModifier($nextModifier);
+
+        $result = $modifier->modify($value, $pipe);
+
+        self::assertSame('fallback', $result);
+        self::assertNull($nextModifier->lastPipe);
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    #[DataProvider('providerForInvalidFormatters')]
+    public function itShouldDelegateWithOriginalPipeForInvalidFormatters(
+        mixed $value,
+        string $pipe,
+    ): void {
+        $nextModifier = new TestingModifier('fallback');
+        $modifier = new FormatterModifier($nextModifier);
+
+        $result = $modifier->modify($value, $pipe);
+
+        self::assertSame('fallback', $result);
+        self::assertSame($pipe, $nextModifier->lastPipe);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function itShouldDelegateWhenPipeIsNull(): void
     {
@@ -261,4 +291,23 @@ public function itShouldHandleEmptyArguments(): void
 
         self::assertSame($expected, $actual);
     }
+
+    /** @return array<string, array{0: mixed, 1: string}> */
+    public static function providerForNonScalarValues(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'array value delegates with null pipe' => [['array'], 'date:Y/m/d'],
+            'object value delegates with null pipe' => [(object) ['key' => 'value'], 'number:2'],
+            'null value delegates with null pipe' => [null, 'mask:1-3'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<string, array{0: mixed, 1: string}> */
+    public static function providerForInvalidFormatters(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'unknown formatter delegates with original pipe' => ['test value', 'unknown:formatter'],
+            'invalid number formatter delegates with original pipe' => ['test', 'number:invalid-decimal'],
+        ];
+    }
 }