diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
index 7ff797a66a46..b2547cc6738b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public function normalize($data, $format = null)
         if (null === $data || is_scalar($data)) {
             return $data;
         }
+        if (is_object($data) && $this->supportsNormalization($data, $format)) {
+            return $this->normalizeObject($data, $format);
+        }
         if ($data instanceof \Traversable) {
             $normalized = array();
             foreach ($data as $key => $val) {