diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionType.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionType.php
index 7de18e013ae0..a74ef226e152 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionType.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionType.php
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
             if (null !== $value) {
                 @trigger_error('The form option "type" is deprecated since version 2.8 and will be removed in 3.0. Use "entry_type" instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             }
+
+            return $value;
         };
         $entryType = function (Options $options) {
             if (null !== $options['type']) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
index 7cb44ade6b19..9902a6dc089f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public function testRest()
     public function testCollection()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('names', 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\CollectionType', array('a', 'b'), array(
-            'type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
+            'entry_type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
         ));
 
         $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public function testCollection()
     public function testEmptyCollection()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('names', 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\CollectionType', array(), array(
-            'type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
+            'entry_type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
         ));
 
         $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionTypeTest.php
index cc00945f913e..82faa71510a6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/CollectionTypeTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function testLegacyName()
     public function testContainsNoChildByDefault()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->create('Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\CollectionType', null, array(
-            'type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
+            'entry_type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
         ));
 
         $this->assertCount(0, $form);
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ public function testPrototypeDefaultLabel()
     public function testPrototypeData()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->create('Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\CollectionType', array(), array(
-            'type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
             'allow_add' => true,
             'prototype' => true,
             'prototype_data' => 'foo',
+            'entry_type' => 'Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType',
             'entry_options' => array(
                 'data' => 'bar',
             ),