diff --git a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/marshallInput.spec.ts b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/marshallInput.spec.ts
index c6df6f96e4e43..f002bad71276b 100644
--- a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/marshallInput.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/marshallInput.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ describe("marshallInput and processObj", () => {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it("marshallInput should ignore function properties", () => {
+    const input = { Items: [() => {}, 1, "test"] };
+    const inputKeyNodes = { Items: null };
+    const output = { Items: { L: [{ N: "1" }, { S: "test" }] } };
+    expect(
+      marshallInput(input, inputKeyNodes, { convertTopLevelContainer: true, convertClassInstanceToMap: true })
+    ).toEqual(output);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("marshallInput for commands", () => {
diff --git a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.spec.ts b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.spec.ts
index dad1cfa939f8d..f9a50a2ff8c5e 100644
--- a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.spec.ts
@@ -146,3 +146,94 @@ describe("utils", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("object with function property", () => {
+  const notAttrValue = { NotAttrValue: "NotAttrValue" };
+  const keyNodes = { Item: {} };
+  const nativeAttrObj = { Item: { id: 1, func: () => {} }, ...notAttrValue };
+  const attrObj = { Item: { id: { N: "1" } }, ...notAttrValue };
+  it("should remove functions", () => {
+    expect(
+      marshallInput(nativeAttrObj, keyNodes, { convertTopLevelContainer: true, convertClassInstanceToMap: true })
+    ).toEqual(attrObj);
+  });
+
+  // List of functions
+  const listOfFunctions = { Item: { id: 1, funcs: [() => {}, () => {}] }, ...notAttrValue };
+  it("should remove functions from lists", () => {
+    expect(
+      marshallInput(listOfFunctions, keyNodes, { convertTopLevelContainer: true, convertClassInstanceToMap: true })
+    ).toEqual({ Item: { id: { N: "1" }, funcs: { L: [] } }, ...notAttrValue });
+  });
+
+  // Nested list of functions
+  const nestedListOfFunctions = {
+    Item: {
+      id: 1,
+      funcs: [
+        [() => {}, () => {}],
+        [() => {}, () => {}],
+      ],
+    },
+    ...notAttrValue,
+  };
+  it("should remove functions from nested lists", () => {
+    expect(
+      marshallInput(nestedListOfFunctions, keyNodes, {
+        convertTopLevelContainer: true,
+        convertClassInstanceToMap: true,
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ Item: { id: { N: "1" }, funcs: { L: [{ L: [] }, { L: [] }] } }, ...notAttrValue });
+  });
+
+  // Nested list of functions 3 levels down
+  const nestedListOfFunctions3Levels = {
+    Item: {
+      id: 1,
+      funcs: [
+        [
+          [() => {}, () => {}],
+          [() => {}, () => {}],
+        ],
+        [
+          [() => {}, () => {}],
+          [() => {}, () => {}],
+        ],
+      ],
+    },
+    ...notAttrValue,
+  };
+
+  it("should remove functions from a nested list of depth 3", () => {
+    expect(
+      marshallInput(nestedListOfFunctions3Levels, keyNodes, {
+        convertTopLevelContainer: true,
+        convertClassInstanceToMap: true,
+      })
+    ).toEqual({
+      Item: {
+        id: { N: "1" },
+        funcs: {
+          L: [
+            {
+              L: [{ L: [] }, { L: [] }],
+            },
+            {
+              L: [{ L: [] }, { L: [] }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+      ...notAttrValue,
+    });
+  });
+  it("should throw when recursion depth has exceeded", () => {
+    const obj = {} as any;
+    obj.SELF = obj;
+    expect(() => marshallInput(obj, {}, { convertClassInstanceToMap: true })).toThrow(
+      new Error(
+        "Recursive copy depth exceeded 1000. Please set options.convertClassInstanceToMap to false and manually remove functions from your data object."
+      )
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.ts b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.ts
index 2fef7a161150a..8f15fdc572390 100644
--- a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/commands/utils.ts
@@ -90,12 +90,41 @@ const processAllKeysInObj = (obj: any, processFunc: Function, keyNodes: KeyNodes
   }, {} as any);
 };
 
+function copyWithoutFunctions(o: any, depth = 0): any {
+  if (depth > 1000) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "Recursive copy depth exceeded 1000. Please set options.convertClassInstanceToMap to false and manually remove functions from your data object."
+    );
+  }
+  if (typeof o === "object" || typeof o === "function") {
+    if (Array.isArray(o)) {
+      return o.filter((item) => typeof item !== "function").map((item) => copyWithoutFunctions(item, depth + 1));
+    }
+    if (o === null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const copy = {} as any;
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(o)) {
+      if (typeof value !== "function") {
+        copy[key] = copyWithoutFunctions(value, depth + 1);
+      }
+    }
+    return copy;
+  } else {
+    return o;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
 export const marshallInput = (obj: any, keyNodes: KeyNodeChildren, options?: marshallOptions) => {
+  let _obj = obj;
+  if (options?.convertClassInstanceToMap) {
+    _obj = copyWithoutFunctions(obj);
+  }
   const marshallFunc = (toMarshall: any) => marshall(toMarshall, options);
-  return processKeysInObj(obj, marshallFunc, keyNodes);
+  return processKeysInObj(_obj, marshallFunc, keyNodes);
 };
 
 /**