diff --git a/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Finder.php b/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Finder.php
index bc053774ef..38c3f15147 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Finder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Finder.php
@@ -346,16 +346,16 @@ class Finder implements \IteratorAggregate
 
     $iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, $flags), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
 
+    if ($this->mindepth > 0 || $this->maxdepth < INF)
+    {
+      $iterator = new Iterator\LimitDepthFilterIterator($iterator, $this->mindepth, $this->maxdepth);
+    }
+
     if ($this->mode)
     {
       $iterator = new Iterator\FileTypeFilterIterator($iterator, $this->mode);
     }
 
-    if ($this->mindepth > 0 || $this->maxdepth < INF)
-    {
-      $iterator = new Iterator\LimitDepthFilterIterator($iterator, $dir, $this->mindepth, $this->maxdepth);
-    }
-
     if ($this->exclude)
     {
       $iterator = new Iterator\ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator($iterator, $this->exclude);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIterator.php b/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIterator.php
index 1befe53923..be1b252e2b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIterator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIterator.php
@@ -21,22 +21,18 @@ namespace Symfony\Components\Finder\Iterator;
 class LimitDepthFilterIterator extends \FilterIterator
 {
   protected $minDepth = 0;
-  protected $maxDepth = INF;
-  protected $baseDir;
 
   /**
    * Constructor.
    *
    * @param \Iterator $iterator The Iterator to filter
-   * @param string    $baseDir  The base directory for the depth comparison
    * @param integer   $minDepth The minimum depth
-   * @param integer   $maxDepth The maximum depth
    */
-  public function __construct(\Iterator $iterator, $baseDir, $minDepth, $maxDepth)
+  public function __construct(\RecursiveIteratorIterator $iterator, $minDepth, $maxDepth)
   {
-    $this->baseDir  = new \SplFileInfo($baseDir);
     $this->minDepth = (integer) $minDepth;
-    $this->maxDepth = (double) $maxDepth;
+
+    $iterator->setMaxDepth(INF === $maxDepth ? -1 : $maxDepth);
 
     parent::__construct($iterator);
   }
@@ -48,20 +44,6 @@ class LimitDepthFilterIterator extends \FilterIterator
    */
   public function accept()
   {
-    $fileinfo = $this->getInnerIterator()->current();
-
-    $depth = substr_count($fileinfo->getPath(), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) - substr_count($this->baseDir->getPathname(), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
-
-    if ($depth > $this->maxDepth)
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    if ($depth < $this->minDepth)
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
+    return $this->getInnerIterator()->getDepth() >= $this->minDepth;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIteratorTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIteratorTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b77e06f55..0000000000
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Components/Finder/Iterator/LimitDepthFilterIteratorTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the Symfony package.
- *
- * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien.potencier@symfony-project.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Symfony\Tests\Components\Finder\Iterator;
-
-use Symfony\Components\Finder\Iterator\LimitDepthFilterIterator;
-
-require_once __DIR__.'/RealIteratorTestCase.php';
-
-class LimitDepthFilterIteratorTest extends RealIteratorTestCase
-{
-  /**
-   * @dataProvider getAcceptData
-   */
-  public function testAccept($baseDir, $minDepth, $maxDepth, $expected)
-  {
-    $inner = new Iterator(self::$files);
-
-    $iterator = new LimitDepthFilterIterator($inner, $baseDir, $minDepth, $maxDepth);
-
-    $this->assertIterator($expected, $iterator);
-  }
-
-  public function getAcceptData()
-  {
-    return array(
-      array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder', 0, INF, array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/.git', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/test.py', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/foo', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/foo/bar.tmp', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/test.php', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/toto')),
-      array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder', 0, 0, array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/.git', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/test.py', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/foo', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/test.php', sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/toto')),
-      array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder', 1, 1, array(sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony2_finder/foo/bar.tmp')),
-    );
-  }
-}