diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
index 5434d7d18bf6..dd405128196d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ protected function doClone($var)
         $maxItems = $this->maxItems;
         $maxString = $this->maxString;
         $cookie = (object) array();     // Unique object used to detect hard references
+        $gid = uniqid(mt_rand(), true); // Unique string used to detect the special $GLOBALS variable
         $a = null;                      // Array cast for nested structures
-        $stub = null;                   // Stub capturing the main properties of an original item value,
+        $stub = null;                   // Stub capturing the main properties of an original item value
                                         // or null if the original value is used directly
         $zval = array(                  // Main properties of the current value
             'type' => null,
@@ -121,16 +122,20 @@ protected function doClone($var)
                             $stub->value = $zval['array_count'] ?: count($v);
 
                             $a = $v;
-                            $a[] = null;
-                            $h = count($v);
-                            array_pop($a);
+
+                            // Copies of $GLOBALS have very strange behavior,
+                            // let's detect them with some black magic
+                            $a[$gid] = true;
 
                             // Happens with copies of $GLOBALS
-                            if ($h !== $stub->value) {
+                            if (isset($v[$gid])) {
+                                unset($v[$gid]);
                                 $a = array();
                                 foreach ($v as $gk => &$gv) {
                                     $a[$gk] =& $gv;
                                 }
+                            } else {
+                                $a = $v;
                             }
                         }
                         break;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/VarClonerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/VarClonerTest.php
index 0e28ebac0624..1bb94100362a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/VarClonerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Tests/VarClonerTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,49 @@
  */
 class VarClonerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    public function testMaxIntBoundary()
+    {
+        $data = array(PHP_INT_MAX => 123);
+
+        $cloner = new VarCloner();
+        $clone = $cloner->cloneVar($data);
+
+        $expected = <<<EOTXT
+Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data Object
+(
+    [data:Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data:private] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => Array
+                (
+                    [0] => Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Stub Object
+                        (
+                            [type] => array
+                            [class] => assoc
+                            [value] => 1
+                            [cut] => 0
+                            [handle] => 0
+                            [refCount] => 0
+                            [position] => 1
+                        )
+
+                )
+
+            [1] => Array
+                (
+                    [%s] => 123
+                )
+
+        )
+
+    [maxDepth:Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data:private] => 20
+    [maxItemsPerDepth:Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data:private] => -1
+    [useRefHandles:Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data:private] => -1
+)
+
+EOTXT;
+        $this->assertSame(sprintf($expected, PHP_INT_MAX), print_r($clone, true));
+    }
+
     public function testClone()
     {
         $json = json_decode('{"1":{"var":"val"},"2":{"var":"val"}}');