diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
index fd84fe282b..506e61b0eb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ class DateTimeValidator extends ConstraintValidator
             return true;
         }
 
+        if ($value instanceof \DateTime) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString()'))) {
             throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
         }