diff --git a/src/Composer/Config.php b/src/Composer/Config.php
index 86e318765..a144467aa 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Config.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Config.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Config
                 }
 
                 // disable a repository with an anonymous {"name": false} repo
-                if (1 === count($repository) && false === current($repository)) {
+                if (is_array($repository) && 1 === count($repository) && false === current($repository)) {
                     unset($this->repositories[key($repository)]);
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php
index 99970125c..e50af5e87 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ class ConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ),
         );
 
+        $data['incorrect local config does not cause ErrorException'] = array(
+            array(
+                'packagist' => array('type' => 'composer', 'url' => 'https?://packagist.org', 'allow_ssl_downgrade' => true),
+                'type' => 'vcs',
+                'url' => 'http://example.com',
+            ),
+            array(
+                'type' => 'vcs',
+                'url' => 'http://example.com',
+            ),
+        );
+
         return $data;
     }