diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
index 24b5732f38..81a7fe3f84 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizer extends SerializerAwareNormalizer implements Normal
      */
     public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array())
     {
+        if (is_array($data) || is_object($data) && $data instanceof \ArrayAccess) {
+            $normalizedData = $data;
+        } elseif (is_object($data)) {
+            $normalizedData = array();
+
+            foreach ($data as $attribute => $value) {
+                $normalizedData[$attribute] = $value;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $normalizedData = array();
+        }
+
         $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
         $constructor = $reflectionClass->getConstructor();
 
@@ -124,10 +136,10 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizer extends SerializerAwareNormalizer implements Normal
             foreach ($constructorParameters as $constructorParameter) {
                 $paramName = lcfirst($this->formatAttribute($constructorParameter->name));
 
-                if (isset($data[$paramName])) {
-                    $params[] = $data[$paramName];
+                if (isset($normalizedData[$paramName])) {
+                    $params[] = $normalizedData[$paramName];
                     // don't run set for a parameter passed to the constructor
-                    unset($data[$paramName]);
+                    unset($normalizedData[$paramName]);
                 } elseif ($constructorParameter->isOptional()) {
                     $params[] = $constructorParameter->getDefaultValue();
                 } else {
@@ -144,7 +156,7 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizer extends SerializerAwareNormalizer implements Normal
             $object = new $class();
         }
 
-        foreach ($data as $attribute => $value) {
+        foreach ($normalizedData as $attribute => $value) {
             $setter = 'set'.$this->formatAttribute($attribute);
 
             if (method_exists($object, $setter)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
index e4f1b5c656..1cbceece04 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\GetSetMethodNormalizer;
 
 class GetSetMethodNormalizerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var GetSetMethodNormalizer
+     */
+    private $normalizer;
+
     protected function setUp()
     {
         $this->normalizer = new GetSetMethodNormalizer();
@@ -44,6 +49,17 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('bar', $obj->getBar());
     }
 
+    public function testDenormalizeWithObject()
+    {
+        $data = new \stdClass();
+        $data->foo = 'foo';
+        $data->bar = 'bar';
+        $data->fooBar = 'foobar';
+        $obj = $this->normalizer->denormalize($data, __NAMESPACE__.'\GetSetDummy', 'any');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $obj->getFoo());
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $obj->getBar());
+    }
+
     public function testDenormalizeOnCamelCaseFormat()
     {
         $this->normalizer->setCamelizedAttributes(array('camel_case'));
@@ -54,6 +70,11 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('camelCase', $obj->getCamelCase());
     }
 
+    public function testDenormalizeNull()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(new GetSetDummy(), $this->normalizer->denormalize(null, __NAMESPACE__.'\GetSetDummy'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider attributeProvider
      */
@@ -96,6 +117,17 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(array(1, 2, 3), $obj->getBaz());
     }
 
+    public function testConstructorWithObjectDenormalize()
+    {
+        $data = new \stdClass();
+        $data->foo = 'foo';
+        $data->bar = 'bar';
+        $data->fooBar = 'foobar';
+        $obj = $this->normalizer->denormalize($data, __NAMESPACE__.'\GetConstructorDummy', 'any');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $obj->getFoo());
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $obj->getBar());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideCallbacks
      */