diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
index 7ae5694ff0..e403725d6a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Resource/DirectoryResource.php
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ class DirectoryResource implements ResourceInterface, \Serializable
             return false;
         }
 
-        $newestMTime = filemtime($this->resource);
+        if ($timestamp < filemtime($this->resource)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         foreach (new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->resource), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST) as $file) {
             // if regex filtering is enabled only check matching files
             if ($this->pattern && $file->isFile() && !preg_match($this->pattern, $file->getBasename())) {
@@ -81,10 +84,13 @@ class DirectoryResource implements ResourceInterface, \Serializable
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $newestMTime = max($file->getMTime(), $newestMTime);
+            // early return if a file's mtime exceeds the passed timestamp
+            if ($timestamp < $file->getMTime()) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
 
-        return $newestMTime < $timestamp;
+        return true;
     }
 
     public function serialize()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Resource/DirectoryResourceTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Resource/DirectoryResourceTest.php
index 0e64b4ce80..7117e4389b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Resource/DirectoryResourceTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/Resource/DirectoryResourceTest.php
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ class DirectoryResourceTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testIsFreshDeleteFile()
     {
         $resource = new DirectoryResource($this->directory);
+        $time = time();
+        sleep(1);
         unlink($this->directory.'/tmp.xml');
-        $this->assertFalse($resource->isFresh(time()), '->isFresh() returns false if an existing file is removed');
+        $this->assertFalse($resource->isFresh($time), '->isFresh() returns false if an existing file is removed');
     }
 
     public function testIsFreshDeleteDirectory()