diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index b390f29781..a52caa46c0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Translation\Command\XliffLintCommand as BaseXliffLintComma
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\Translator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidatorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ObjectInitializerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Util\LegacyTranslatorProxy;
 use Symfony\Component\WebLink\HttpHeaderSerializer;
 use Symfony\Component\Workflow;
 use Symfony\Component\Workflow\WorkflowInterface;
@@ -1107,6 +1108,12 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
 
         $validatorBuilder = $container->getDefinition('validator.builder');
 
+        if (class_exists(LegacyTranslatorProxy::class)) {
+            $calls = $validatorBuilder->getMethodCalls();
+            $calls[1] = ['setTranslator', [new Definition(LegacyTranslatorProxy::class, [new Reference('translator')])]];
+            $validatorBuilder->setMethodCalls($calls);
+        }
+
         $container->setParameter('validator.translation_domain', $config['translation_domain']);
 
         $files = ['xml' => [], 'yml' => []];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 862786c9b8..b6b520daa1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\JsonSerializableNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\DependencyInjection\TranslatorPass;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\DependencyInjection\AddConstraintValidatorsPass;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Util\LegacyTranslatorProxy;
 use Symfony\Component\Workflow;
 
 abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
@@ -818,7 +819,11 @@ abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('setConstraintValidatorFactory', $calls[0][0]);
         $this->assertEquals([new Reference('validator.validator_factory')], $calls[0][1]);
         $this->assertSame('setTranslator', $calls[1][0]);
-        $this->assertEquals([new Reference('translator')], $calls[1][1]);
+        if (class_exists(LegacyTranslatorProxy::class)) {
+            $this->assertEquals([new Definition(LegacyTranslatorProxy::class, [new Reference('translator')])], $calls[1][1]);
+        } else {
+            $this->assertEquals([new Reference('translator')], $calls[1][1]);
+        }
         $this->assertSame('setTranslationDomain', $calls[2][0]);
         $this->assertSame(['%validator.translation_domain%'], $calls[2][1]);
         $this->assertSame('addXmlMappings', $calls[3][0]);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ValidatorBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ValidatorBuilder.php
index fb64332712..0766a2e9f3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ValidatorBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/ValidatorBuilder.php
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ class ValidatorBuilder implements ValidatorBuilderInterface
      */
     public function setTranslator(LegacyTranslatorInterface $translator)
     {
-        $this->translator = $translator instanceof LegacyTranslatorProxy ? $translator->getTranslator() : $translator;
+        $this->translator = $translator;
+
+        while ($this->translator instanceof LegacyTranslatorProxy) {
+            $this->translator = $this->translator->getTranslator();
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }