diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 71fbfdfeaa..6ad4cb5b9d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
 
         $debug = $container->getParameter('kernel.debug');
 
+        if ($debug) {
+            $container->setParameter('debug.container.dump', '%kernel.cache_dir%/%kernel.container_class%.xml');
+        }
+
         if ($debug && class_exists(Stopwatch::class)) {
             $loader->load('debug.xml');
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/debug.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/debug.xml
index 58a086b212..aa988dc5b9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/debug.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/debug.xml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <parameters>
-        <parameter key="debug.container.dump">%kernel.cache_dir%/%kernel.container_class%.xml</parameter>
-    </parameters>
-
     <services>
         <defaults public="false" />