diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index 1fac684456a4a..a5bcc8d6030f4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public function start(callable $callback = null, array $env = [])
         $this->resetProcessData();
         $this->starttime = $this->lastOutputTime = microtime(true);
         $this->callback = $this->buildCallback($callback);
-        $descriptors = $this->getDescriptors();
+        $descriptors = $this->getDescriptors(null !== $callback);
 
         if ($this->env) {
             $env += '\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR ? array_diff_ukey($this->env, $env, 'strcasecmp') : $this->env;
@@ -1240,15 +1240,15 @@ public static function isPtySupported(): bool
     /**
      * Creates the descriptors needed by the proc_open.
      */
-    private function getDescriptors(): array
+    private function getDescriptors(bool $hasCallback): array
     {
         if ($this->input instanceof \Iterator) {
             $this->input->rewind();
         }
         if ('\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            $this->processPipes = new WindowsPipes($this->input, !$this->outputDisabled || $this->callback);
+            $this->processPipes = new WindowsPipes($this->input, !$this->outputDisabled || $hasCallback);
         } else {
-            $this->processPipes = new UnixPipes($this->isTty(), $this->isPty(), $this->input, !$this->outputDisabled || $this->callback);
+            $this->processPipes = new UnixPipes($this->isTty(), $this->isPty(), $this->input, !$this->outputDisabled || $hasCallback);
         }
 
         return $this->processPipes->getDescriptors();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessTest.php
index 02df607a5b99c..44fb54ee7f907 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessTest.php
@@ -200,6 +200,20 @@ public function testCallbacksAreExecutedWithStart()
         $this->assertSame('foo'.\PHP_EOL, $data);
     }
 
+    public function testReadSupportIsDisabledWithoutCallback()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(LogicException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Pass the callback to the "Process::start" method or call enableOutput to use a callback with "Process::wait".');
+
+        $process = $this->getProcess('echo foo');
+        // disabling output + not passing a callback to start() => read support disabled
+        $process->disableOutput();
+        $process->start();
+        $process->wait(function ($type, $buffer) use (&$data) {
+            $data .= $buffer;
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * tests results from sub processes.
      *