diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index 82f6e1e2a8f3..cd46b5b97d20 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\CircularReferenceException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\Factory\ClassMetadataFactoryInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\AttributeMetadataInterface;
@@ -336,8 +337,11 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
                     $parameterData = $data[$key];
                     try {
                         if (null !== $constructorParameter->getClass()) {
+                            if (!$this->serializer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
+                                throw new LogicException(sprintf('Cannot create an instance of %s from serialized data because the serializer inject in "%s" is not a denormalizer', $constructorParameter->getClass(), static::class));
+                            }
                             $parameterClass = $constructorParameter->getClass()->getName();
-                            $parameterData = $this->serializer->deserialize($parameterData, $parameterClass, $format, $context);
+                            $parameterData = $this->serializer->denormalize($parameterData, $parameterClass, $format, $context);
                         }
                     } catch (\ReflectionException $e) {
                         throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Could not determine the class of the parameter "%s".', $key), 0, $e);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 06d36c4bd85c..000000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures;
-
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
-
-/**
- * @author Théo FIDRY <theo.fidry@gmail.com>
- */
-class DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer implements SerializerInterface
-{
-    private $normalizer;
-
-    /**
-     * @param NormalizerInterface|DenormalizerInterface $normalizer
-     */
-    public function __construct($normalizer)
-    {
-        if (false === $normalizer instanceof NormalizerInterface && false === $normalizer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException();
-        }
-
-        $this->normalizer = $normalizer;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function serialize($data, $format, array $context = array())
-    {
-        return $this->normalizer->normalize($data, $format, $context);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function deserialize($data, $type, $format, array $context = array())
-    {
-        return $this->normalizer->denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
index 161145bd9749..e1d3a905ecf7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\CircularReferenceDummy;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\MaxDepthDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\SiblingHolder;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\Loader\AnnotationLoader;
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ public function testConstructorWithObjectTypeHintDenormalize()
         );
 
         $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
-        $serializer = new DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer($normalizer);
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array($normalizer));
         $normalizer->setSerializer($serializer);
 
         $obj = $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyWithConstructorObject::class);
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ public function testConstructorWithUnknownObjectTypeHintDenormalize()
         );
 
         $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
-        $serializer = new DenormalizerDecoratorSerializer($normalizer);
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array($normalizer));
         $normalizer->setSerializer($serializer);
 
         $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyWithConstructorInexistingObject::class);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
index 362357864c46..ff7820c0d07e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ public function testDenormalizerAware()
 
         new Serializer(array($denormalizerAware));
     }
+
+    public function testDeserializeObjectConstructorWithObjectTypeHint()
+    {
+        $jsonData = '{"bar":{"value":"baz"}}';
+
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array(new ObjectNormalizer()), array('json' => new JsonEncoder()));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(new Foo(new Bar('baz')), $serializer->deserialize($jsonData, Foo::class, 'json'));
+    }
 }
 
 class Model
@@ -381,3 +390,23 @@ public function toArray()
         return array('title' => $this->title, 'numbers' => $this->numbers);
     }
 }
+
+class Foo
+{
+    private $bar;
+
+    public function __construct(Bar $bar)
+    {
+        $this->bar = $bar;
+    }
+}
+
+class Bar
+{
+    private $value;
+
+    public function __construct($value)
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+}