diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 338eddb949..b6ffff5f07 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -1510,7 +1510,10 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
         }
 
         if (isset($config['circular_reference_handler']) && $config['circular_reference_handler']) {
-            $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->addMethodCall('setCircularReferenceHandler', [new Reference($config['circular_reference_handler'])]);
+            $arguments = $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getArguments();
+            $context = ($arguments[6] ?? []) + ['circular_reference_handler' => new Reference($config['circular_reference_handler'])];
+            $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->setArgument(5, null);
+            $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->setArgument(6, $context);
         }
 
         if ($config['max_depth_handler'] ?? false) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 71e719e0b1..067120d13b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -1146,8 +1146,8 @@ abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertNull($container->getDefinition('serializer.mapping.class_metadata_factory')->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals(new Reference('serializer.name_converter.camel_case_to_snake_case'), $container->getDefinition('serializer.name_converter.metadata_aware')->getArgument(1));
         $this->assertEquals(new Reference('property_info', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE), $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getArgument(3));
-        $this->assertEquals(['setCircularReferenceHandler', [new Reference('my.circular.reference.handler')]], $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getMethodCalls()[0]);
-        $this->assertEquals(['setMaxDepthHandler', [new Reference('my.max.depth.handler')]], $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getMethodCalls()[1]);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('circular_reference_handler', $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getArgument(6));
+        $this->assertEquals(['setMaxDepthHandler', [new Reference('my.max.depth.handler')]], $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.object')->getMethodCalls()[0]);
     }
 
     public function testRegisterSerializerExtractor()