diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
index 202e1e2f10dc..2b7bacef51ad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function validate($value, $groups = null, $traverse = false, $deep = fals
         $visitor = $this->createVisitor($value);
 
         foreach ($this->resolveGroups($groups) as $group) {
-            $visitor->validate($value, $group, '');
+            $visitor->validate($value, $group, '', $traverse, $deep);
         }
 
         return $visitor->getViolations();