diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
index aad88fdc19..a59ce86f48 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Yaml.php
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ class Yaml
         $file = '';
 
         // if input is a file, process it
-        if (strpos($input, "\n") === false && is_file($input) && is_readable($input)) {
+        if (strpos($input, "\n") === false && is_file($input)) {
+            if (false === is_readable($input)) {
+                throw new ParseException(sprintf('Unable to parse "%s" as the file is not readable.', $input));
+            }
+
             $file = $input;
 
             ob_start();