diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/PathRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/PathRepository.php
index 61ebc8d8c..6e218f159 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/PathRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/PathRepository.php
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ class PathRepository extends ArrayRepository implements ConfigurableRepositoryIn
 
             if (!isset($package['version'])) {
                 $versionData = $this->versionGuesser->guessVersion($package, $path);
-                $package['version'] = $versionData['pretty_version'] ?: 'dev-master';
+                if (is_array($versionData) && $versionData['pretty_version']) {
+                    $package['version'] = $versionData['pretty_version'];
+                } else {
+                    $package['version'] = 'dev-master';
+                }
             }
 
             $output = '';