diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index dbf59c141f..aeafac4a7e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
                 throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('The type "%s" has no mapped class for the abstract object "%s".', $type, $class));
             }
 
-            $class = $mappedClass;
-            $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
+            if ($mappedClass !== $class) {
+                return $this->instantiateObject($data, $mappedClass, $context, new \ReflectionClass($mappedClass), $allowedAttributes, $format);
+            }
         }
 
         return parent::instantiateObject($data, $class, $context, $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes, $format);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
index 01b8950cb4..1b6e1b0a06 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotNormalizableValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassDiscriminatorFromClassMetadata;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassDiscriminatorMapping;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassDiscriminatorResolverInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassMetadataInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\Factory\ClassMetadataFactory;
@@ -235,6 +236,43 @@ class AbstractObjectNormalizerTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf(DummySecondChildQuux::class, $normalizedData->quux);
     }
 
+    public function testDenormalizeWithNestedDiscriminatorMap()
+    {
+        $classDiscriminatorResolver = new class() implements ClassDiscriminatorResolverInterface {
+            public function getMappingForClass(string $class): ?ClassDiscriminatorMapping
+            {
+                switch ($class) {
+                    case AbstractDummy::class:
+                        return new ClassDiscriminatorMapping('type', [
+                            'foo' => AbstractDummyFirstChild::class,
+                        ]);
+                    case AbstractDummyFirstChild::class:
+                        return new ClassDiscriminatorMapping('nested_type', [
+                            'bar' => AbstractDummySecondChild::class,
+                        ]);
+                    default:
+                        return null;
+                }
+            }
+
+            public function getMappingForMappedObject($object): ?ClassDiscriminatorMapping
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            public function getTypeForMappedObject($object): ?string
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+
+        $normalizer = new AbstractObjectNormalizerDummy(null, null, null, $classDiscriminatorResolver);
+
+        $denormalizedData = $normalizer->denormalize(['type' => 'foo', 'nested_type' => 'bar'], AbstractDummy::class);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(AbstractDummySecondChild::class, $denormalizedData);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test that additional attributes throw an exception if no metadata factory is specified.
      */