diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
index 8ce479b3dd32..6ea9f2f6d957 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
@@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ public function getMemberMetadatas($property)
         return $this->members[$property];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function hasPropertyMetadata($property)
+    {
+        return array_key_exists($property, $this->members);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/PropertyMetadataContainerInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/PropertyMetadataContainerInterface.php
index 33db49e4e1c6..20bafb2950fd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/PropertyMetadataContainerInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/PropertyMetadataContainerInterface.php
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
  */
 interface PropertyMetadataContainerInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * Check if there's any metadata attached to the given named property.
+     *
+     * @param string $property The property name.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean
+     */
+    public function hasPropertyMetadata($property);
+
     /**
      * Returns all metadata instances for the given named property.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidatorTest.php
index 502671fd8e31..dbfa4f298d31 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ public function testValidateProperty()
         $result = $this->validator->validateProperty($entity, 'firstName');
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $result);
+
+        $result = $this->validator->validateProperty($entity, 'lastName');
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $result);
     }
 
     public function testValidatePropertyValue()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
index a700692d8d02..8221d6026695 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ public function validateProperty($containingValue, $property, $groups = null)
         }
 
         foreach ($this->resolveGroups($groups) as $group) {
+            if (!$metadata->hasPropertyMetadata($property)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             foreach ($metadata->getPropertyMetadata($property) as $propMeta) {
                 $propMeta->accept($visitor, $propMeta->getPropertyValue($containingValue), $group, $property);
             }
@@ -139,6 +143,10 @@ public function validatePropertyValue($containingValue, $property, $value, $grou
         }
 
         foreach ($this->resolveGroups($groups) as $group) {
+            if (!$metadata->hasPropertyMetadata($property)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             foreach ($metadata->getPropertyMetadata($property) as $propMeta) {
                 $propMeta->accept($visitor, $value, $group, $property);
             }