diff --git a/ModelDescriber/JMSModelDescriber.php b/ModelDescriber/JMSModelDescriber.php
index 18e5382..b20ca94 100644
--- a/ModelDescriber/JMSModelDescriber.php
+++ b/ModelDescriber/JMSModelDescriber.php
@@ -93,14 +93,17 @@ class JMSModelDescriber implements ModelDescriberInterface, ModelRegistryAwareIn
                 $reflections[] = new \ReflectionProperty($item->class, $item->name);
             }
 
-            try {
-                if (null !== $item->getter) {
+            if (null !== $item->getter) {
+                try {
                     $reflections[] = new \ReflectionMethod($item->class, $item->getter);
+                } catch (\ReflectionException $ignored) {
                 }
-                if (null !== $item->setter) {
+            }
+            if (null !== $item->setter) {
+                try {
                     $reflections[] = new \ReflectionMethod($item->class, $item->setter);
+                } catch (\ReflectionException $ignored) {
                 }
-            } catch (\ReflectionExceptions $ignored) {
             }
 
             $groups = $this->computeGroups($context, $item->type);
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Entity/VirtualProperty.php b/Tests/Functional/Entity/VirtualProperty.php
index e996256..52ab283 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/Entity/VirtualProperty.php
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Entity/VirtualProperty.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class VirtualProperty
     /**
      * @Serializer\Accessor(getter="getFoo", setter="setFoo")
      * @Serializer\Type("string")
+     * @Serializer\Expose
      *
      * Ensures https://github.com/nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle/issues/1708 is fixed.
      */
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/JMSFunctionalTest.php b/Tests/Functional/JMSFunctionalTest.php
index a9d581c..990f181 100644
--- a/Tests/Functional/JMSFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Functional/JMSFunctionalTest.php
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ class JMSFunctionalTest extends WebTestCase
                 'email' => [
                     'type' => 'string',
                 ],
+                'virtualprop' => [
+                    'type' => 'string',
+                ],
             ],
         ], $this->getModel('VirtualProperty')->toArray());
     }