diff --git a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/method_binder.hpp b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/method_binder.hpp
index 768533d61a..8d42ff1153 100644
--- a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/method_binder.hpp
+++ b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/method_binder.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <uavcan/internal/impl_constants.hpp>
+#include <uavcan/internal/util.hpp>
 
 namespace uavcan
 {
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ public:
     : obj_(o)
     , fun_(f)
     {
-        if (!o || !f)
+        if (!try_implicit_cast<bool>(o, true) ||
+            !try_implicit_cast<bool>(f, true))
         {
 #if UAVCAN_EXCEPTIONS
             throw std::runtime_error(typeid(*this).name());
diff --git a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/util.hpp b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/util.hpp
index 15ab6e7bfa..8154223852 100644
--- a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/util.hpp
+++ b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/internal/util.hpp
@@ -74,6 +74,39 @@ template<bool> struct BooleanType { };
 typedef BooleanType<true> TrueType;
 typedef BooleanType<false> FalseType;
 
+/**
+ * Relations
+ */
+template <typename T1, typename T2>
+class IsImplicitlyConvertibleFromTo
+{
+    template <typename U> static U returner();
+
+    struct True_ { char x[2]; };
+    struct False_ { };
+
+    static True_ test(const T2 &);
+    static False_ test(...);
+
+public:
+    enum { Result = sizeof(True_) == sizeof(IsImplicitlyConvertibleFromTo<T1, T2>::test(returner<T1>())) };
+};
+
+
+template <typename From, typename To>
+struct TryImplicitCastImpl
+{
+    static To impl(const From& from, const To&, TrueType) { return To(from); }
+    static To impl(const From&, const To& default_, FalseType) { return default_; }
+};
+
+template <typename To, typename From>
+To try_implicit_cast(const From& from, const To& default_ = To())
+{
+    return TryImplicitCastImpl<From, To>::impl(from, default_,
+        BooleanType<IsImplicitlyConvertibleFromTo<From, To>::Result>());
+}
+
 }
 
 /// Ensure that conditional comilation macros are present
diff --git a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/timer.hpp b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/timer.hpp
index 14f149f5a0..a6ec5bf6f9 100644
--- a/libuavcan/include/uavcan/timer.hpp
+++ b/libuavcan/include/uavcan/timer.hpp
@@ -66,13 +66,18 @@ public:
     TimerEventForwarder(Scheduler& node, Functor functor)
     : Timer(node)
     , functor_(functor)
-    { }
+    {
+        assert(try_implicit_cast<bool>(functor, true));
+    }
 
     const Functor& getFunctor() const { return functor_; }
 
     void onTimerEvent(const TimerEvent& event)
     {
-        functor_(event);
+        if (try_implicit_cast<bool>(functor_, true))
+            functor_(event);
+        else
+            assert(0);
     }
 };