diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
index f94e10e9e7..6f4433f4dc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
      */
     protected $registry;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $choiceListCache = array();
+
     public function __construct(ManagerRegistry $registry)
     {
         $this->registry = $registry;
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
 
     public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
     {
+        $choiceListCache =& $this->choiceListCache;
         $registry = $this->registry;
         $type = $this;
 
@@ -59,17 +65,34 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
             return null;
         };
 
-        $choiceList = function (Options $options) use ($registry) {
+        $choiceList = function (Options $options) use ($registry, &$choiceListCache, &$time) {
             $manager = $registry->getManager($options['em']);
 
-            return new EntityChoiceList(
-                $manager,
+            $choiceHashes = is_array($options['choices'])
+                ? array_map('spl_object_hash', $options['choices'])
+                : $options['choices'];
+
+            $hash = md5(json_encode(array(
+                spl_object_hash($manager),
                 $options['class'],
                 $options['property'],
                 $options['loader'],
-                $options['choices'],
+                $choiceHashes,
                 $options['group_by']
-            );
+            )));
+
+            if (!isset($choiceListCache[$hash])) {
+                $choiceListCache[$hash] = new EntityChoiceList(
+                    $manager,
+                    $options['class'],
+                    $options['property'],
+                    $options['loader'],
+                    $options['choices'],
+                    $options['group_by']
+                );
+            }
+
+            return $choiceListCache[$hash];
         };
 
         $resolver->setDefaults(array(
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypePerformanceTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypePerformanceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94102159d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypePerformanceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Tests\Form\Type;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Tests\FormPerformanceTestCase;
+use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Tests\Fixtures\SingleIdentEntity;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool;
+use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Tests\DoctrineOrmTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\CoreExtension;
+use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Form\DoctrineOrmExtension;
+
+/**
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ */
+class EntityTypePerformanceTest extends FormPerformanceTestCase
+{
+    const ENTITY_CLASS = 'Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Tests\Fixtures\SingleIdentEntity';
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager
+     */
+    private $em;
+
+    protected function getExtensions()
+    {
+        $manager = $this->getMock('Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ManagerRegistry');
+        $manager->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getManager')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($this->em));
+
+        return array(
+            new CoreExtension(),
+            new DoctrineOrmExtension($manager)
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Form\Form')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The "Form" component is not available');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlPlatform')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Doctrine DBAL is not available.');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('Doctrine\Common\Version')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Doctrine Common is not available.');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Doctrine ORM is not available.');
+        }
+
+        $this->em = DoctrineOrmTestCase::createTestEntityManager();
+
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $schemaTool = new SchemaTool($this->em);
+        $classes = array(
+            $this->em->getClassMetadata(self::ENTITY_CLASS),
+        );
+
+        try {
+            $schemaTool->dropSchema($classes);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $schemaTool->createSchema($classes);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        }
+
+        $ids = range(1, 300);
+
+        foreach ($ids as $id) {
+            $name = 65 + chr($id % 57);
+            $this->em->persist(new SingleIdentEntity($id, $name));
+        }
+
+        $this->em->flush();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test case is realistic in collection forms where each
+     * row contains the same entity field.
+     */
+    public function testCollapsedEntityField()
+    {
+        $this->setMaxRunningTime(1);
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 20; ++$i) {
+            $form = $this->factory->create('entity', null, array(
+                'class' => self::ENTITY_CLASS,
+            ));
+
+            // force loading of the choice list
+            $form->createView();
+        }
+    }
+}