diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Callback.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Callback.php
index bef94dd9cb..7e4ccd47b5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Callback.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Callback.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Callback extends Constraint
             @trigger_error('The "methods" option of the '.__CLASS__.' class is deprecated since version 2.4 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "callback" option instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
         }
 
-        if (is_array($options) && !isset($options['callback']) && !isset($options['methods']) && !isset($options['groups'])) {
+        if (is_array($options) && !isset($options['callback']) && !isset($options['methods']) && !isset($options['groups']) && !isset($options['payload'])) {
             if (is_callable($options) || !$options) {
                 $options = array('callback' => $options);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/Entity.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/Entity.php
index 526ecc5f5c..b5e9e0c982 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/Entity.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Fixtures/Entity.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Entity extends EntityParent implements EntityInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * @Assert\Callback
+     * @Assert\Callback(payload="foo")
      */
     public function validateMe(ExecutionContextInterface $context)
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AnnotationLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AnnotationLoaderTest.php
index 75ab3a7bbb..0e2ad41d69 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AnnotationLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AnnotationLoaderTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class AnnotationLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $expected->setGroupSequence(array('Foo', 'Entity'));
         $expected->addConstraint(new ConstraintA());
         $expected->addConstraint(new Callback(array('Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Fixtures\CallbackClass', 'callback')));
-        $expected->addConstraint(new Callback('validateMe'));
+        $expected->addConstraint(new Callback(array('callback' => 'validateMe', 'payload' => 'foo')));
         $expected->addConstraint(new Callback('validateMeStatic'));
         $expected->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new NotNull());
         $expected->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Range(array('min' => 3)));
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class AnnotationLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $expected->setGroupSequence(array('Foo', 'Entity'));
         $expected->addConstraint(new ConstraintA());
         $expected->addConstraint(new Callback(array('Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Fixtures\CallbackClass', 'callback')));
-        $expected->addConstraint(new Callback('validateMe'));
+        $expected->addConstraint(new Callback(array('callback' => 'validateMe', 'payload' => 'foo')));
         $expected->addConstraint(new Callback('validateMeStatic'));
         $expected->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new NotNull());
         $expected->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Range(array('min' => 3)));