diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Translation/TranslatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
index ad2462abfb..f5b0ab7181 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
@@ -80,6 +80,46 @@ class TranslatorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('no translation', $translator->trans('no translation'));
     }
 
+    public function testGetLocale()
+    {
+        $request = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request');
+
+        $request
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getLocale')
+            ->will($this->returnValue('en'))
+        ;
+
+        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface');
+
+        $container
+            ->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('isScopeActive')
+            ->with('request')
+            ->will($this->onConsecutiveCalls(false, true))
+        ;
+
+        $container
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('has')
+            ->with('request')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(true))
+        ;
+
+        $container
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->with('request')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($request))
+        ;
+
+        $translator = new Translator($container, new MessageSelector());
+
+        $this->assertNull($translator->getLocale());
+        $this->assertSame('en', $translator->getLocale());
+        $this->assertSame('en', $translator->getLocale());
+    }
+
     protected function getCatalogue($locale, $messages)
     {
         $catalogue = new MessageCatalogue($locale);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Translation/Translator.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Translation/Translator.php
index 44771218d0..4d16bcff95 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Translation/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Translation/Translator.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Translator extends BaseTranslator
      */
     public function getLocale()
     {
-        if (null === $this->locale && $this->container->has('request')) {
+        if (null === $this->locale && $this->container->isScopeActive('request') && $this->container->has('request')) {
             $this->locale = $this->container->get('request')->getLocale();
         }