diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPass.php
index ba523382b66b..3dd18944de9f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPass.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class AddSessionDomainConstraintPass implements CompilerPassInterface
      */
     public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
     {
-        if (!$container->hasParameter('session.storage.options')) {
+        if (!$container->hasParameter('session.storage.options') || !$container->has('security.http_utils')) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
         $domainRegexp = empty($sessionOptions['cookie_domain']) ? '%s' : sprintf('(?:%%s|(?:.+\.)?%s)', preg_quote(trim($sessionOptions['cookie_domain'], '.')));
         $domainRegexp = (empty($sessionOptions['cookie_secure']) ? 'https?://' : 'https://').$domainRegexp;
 
-        // if the service doesn't exist, an exception must be thrown - ignoring would put security at risk
         $container->findDefinition('security.http_utils')->addArgument(sprintf('{^%s$}i', $domainRegexp));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPassTest.php
index e12f3a64f31f..7d49ad3dd4ec 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AddSessionDomainConstraintPassTest.php
@@ -96,19 +96,6 @@ public function testNoSession()
         $this->assertTrue($utils->createRedirectResponse($request, 'http://pirate.com/foo')->isRedirect('http://pirate.com/foo'));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceNotFoundException
-     * @expectedExceptionMessage You have requested a non-existent service "security.http_utils".
-     */
-    public function testNoHttpUtils()
-    {
-        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
-        $container->setParameter('session.storage.options', array());
-
-        $pass = new AddSessionDomainConstraintPass();
-        $pass->process($container);
-    }
-
     private function createContainer($sessionStorageOptions)
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();