diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/SymfonyTestsListener.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/SymfonyTestsListener.php
index 12713f87ea3d..e7e2d08e3715 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/SymfonyTestsListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/SymfonyTestsListener.php
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ public function __destruct()
         }
     }
 
+    public function globalListenerDisabled()
+    {
+        self::$globallyEnabled = false;
+        $this->state = -1;
+    }
+
     public function startTestSuite(\PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite)
     {
         $suiteName = $suite->getName();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php
index 9d76a0dfad7e..eaad394d980f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/TextUI/TestRunner.php
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ protected function handleConfiguration(array &$arguments)
 
         $arguments['listeners'] = isset($arguments['listeners']) ? $arguments['listeners'] : array();
 
-        if (!array_filter($arguments['listeners'], function ($listener) { return $listener instanceof SymfonyTestsListener; })) {
+        $registeredLocally = false;
+
+        foreach ($arguments['listeners'] as $registeredListener) {
+            if ($registeredListener instanceof SymfonyTestsListener) {
+                $registeredListener->globalListenerDisabled();
+                $registeredLocally = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!$registeredLocally) {
             $arguments['listeners'][] = $listener;
         }