diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationPath.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationPath.php
index f5517f2e56..65cbda6b18 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationPath.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Validator/ViolationMapper/ViolationPath.php
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
      */
     private $elements = array();
 
-    /**
-     * @var array
-     */
-    private $positions = array();
-
     /**
      * @var array
      */
@@ -59,7 +54,6 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
     {
         $path = new PropertyPath($violationPath);
         $elements = $path->getElements();
-        $positions = $path->getPositions();
         $data = false;
 
         for ($i = 0, $l = count($elements); $i < $l; ++$i) {
@@ -76,7 +70,6 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
                     }
 
                     $this->elements[] = $elements[$i];
-                    $this->positions[] = $positions[$i];
                     $this->isIndex[] = true;
                     $this->mapsForm[] = true;
                 } elseif ('data' === $elements[$i] && $path->isProperty($i)) {
@@ -89,7 +82,6 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
                     }
 
                     $this->elements[] = $elements[$i];
-                    $this->positions[] = $positions[$i];
                     $this->isIndex[] = $path->isIndex($i);
                     $this->mapsForm[] = false;
                     $data = true;
@@ -102,16 +94,14 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
                 // Already after the "data" element
                 // Pick everything as is
                 $this->elements[] = $elements[$i];
-                $this->positions[] = $positions[$i];
                 $this->isIndex[] = $path->isIndex($i);
                 $this->mapsForm[] = false;
             }
         }
 
         $this->length = count($this->elements);
-        $this->pathAsString = $violationPath;
 
-        $this->resizeString();
+        $this->buildString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -122,14 +112,6 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
         return $this->pathAsString;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getPositions()
-    {
-        return $this->positions;
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -153,9 +135,8 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
         array_pop($parent->elements);
         array_pop($parent->isIndex);
         array_pop($parent->mapsForm);
-        array_pop($parent->positions);
 
-        $parent->resizeString();
+        $parent->buildString();
 
         return $parent;
     }
@@ -242,24 +223,27 @@ class ViolationPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * Resizes the string representation to match the number of elements.
+     * Builds the string representation from the elements.
      */
-    private function resizeString()
+    private function buildString()
     {
-        $lastIndex = $this->length - 1;
+        $this->pathAsString = '';
+        $data = false;
 
-        if ($lastIndex < 0) {
-            $this->pathAsString = '';
-        } else {
-            // +1 for the dot/opening bracket
-            $length = $this->positions[$lastIndex] + strlen($this->elements[$lastIndex]) + 1;
-
-            if ($this->isIndex[$lastIndex]) {
-                // +1 for the closing bracket
-                ++$length;
+        foreach ($this->elements as $index => $element) {
+            if ($this->mapsForm[$index]) {
+                $this->pathAsString .= ".children[$element]";
+            } elseif (!$data) {
+                $this->pathAsString .= '.data' . ($this->isIndex[$index] ? "[$element]" : ".$element");
+                $data = true;
+            } else {
+                $this->pathAsString .= $this->isIndex[$index] ? "[$element]" : ".$element";
             }
+        }
 
-            $this->pathAsString = substr($this->pathAsString, 0, $length);
+        if ('' !== $this->pathAsString) {
+            // remove leading dot
+            $this->pathAsString = substr($this->pathAsString, 1);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPath.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPath.php
index 482d7ebc62..ec8ed267ca 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPath.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPath.php
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
      */
     private $pathAsString;
 
-    /**
-     * Positions where the individual elements start in the string representation
-     * @var array
-     */
-    private $positions;
-
     /**
      * Constructs a property path from a string.
      *
@@ -89,7 +83,6 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
             $this->length = $propertyPath->length;
             $this->isIndex = $propertyPath->isIndex;
             $this->pathAsString = $propertyPath->pathAsString;
-            $this->positions = $propertyPath->positions;
 
             return;
         }
@@ -109,8 +102,6 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
         $pattern = '/^(([^\.\[]+)|\[([^\]]+)\])(.*)/';
 
         while (preg_match($pattern, $remaining, $matches)) {
-            $this->positions[] = $position;
-
             if ('' !== $matches[2]) {
                 $element = $matches[2];
                 $this->isIndex[] = false;
@@ -136,7 +127,7 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
             $pattern = '/^(\.(\w+)|\[([^\]]+)\])(.*)/';
         }
 
-        if (!empty($remaining)) {
+        if ('' !== $remaining) {
             throw new InvalidPropertyPathException(sprintf(
                 'Could not parse property path "%s". Unexpected token "%s" at position %d',
                 $propertyPath,
@@ -156,14 +147,6 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
         return $this->pathAsString;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getPositions()
-    {
-        return $this->positions;
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -184,11 +167,10 @@ class PropertyPath implements \IteratorAggregate, PropertyPathInterface
         $parent = clone $this;
 
         --$parent->length;
-        $parent->pathAsString = substr($parent->pathAsString, 0, $parent->positions[$parent->length]);
+        $parent->pathAsString = substr($parent->pathAsString, 0, max(strrpos($parent->pathAsString, '.'), strrpos($parent->pathAsString, '[')));
         array_pop($parent->elements);
         array_pop($parent->singulars);
         array_pop($parent->isIndex);
-        array_pop($parent->positions);
 
         return $parent;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPathInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPathInterface.php
index ee0923c7bb..bceca29d90 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPathInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Util/PropertyPathInterface.php
@@ -24,15 +24,7 @@ interface PropertyPathInterface extends \Traversable
     public function __toString();
 
     /**
-     * Returns the positions at which the elements of the path
-     * start in the string.
-     *
-     * @return array The string offsets of the elements.
-     */
-    public function getPositions();
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the length of the property path.
+     * Returns the length of the property path, i.e. the number of elements.
      *
      * @return integer The path length.
      */