diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
index e9815488df..7576c4f663 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class ExceptionListener
                 error_log($message);
             }
 
+            // set handling to false otherwise it wont be able to handle further more
+            $handling = false;
+            
             // re-throw the exception as this is a catch-all
             throw $exception;
         }