diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Controller/ArgumentResolver/TraceableValueResolver.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Controller/ArgumentResolver/TraceableValueResolver.php
index 9837a057a6..4d60aa15f7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Controller/ArgumentResolver/TraceableValueResolver.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Controller/ArgumentResolver/TraceableValueResolver.php
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ final class TraceableValueResolver implements ArgumentValueResolverInterface
     private $inner;
     private $stopwatch;
 
-    public function __construct(ArgumentValueResolverInterface $inner, ?Stopwatch $stopwatch = null)
+    public function __construct(ArgumentValueResolverInterface $inner, Stopwatch $stopwatch)
     {
         $this->inner = $inner;
-        $this->stopwatch = $stopwatch ?? new Stopwatch();
+        $this->stopwatch = $stopwatch;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass.php
index 1b12a581f3..77c0e479ae 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\IteratorArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Compiler\CompilerPassInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Compiler\PriorityTaggedServiceTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Controller\ArgumentResolver\TraceableValueResolver;
 use Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Stopwatch;
@@ -31,11 +30,13 @@ class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass implements CompilerPassInterface
 
     private $argumentResolverService;
     private $argumentValueResolverTag;
+    private $traceableResolverStopwatch;
 
-    public function __construct(string $argumentResolverService = 'argument_resolver', string $argumentValueResolverTag = 'controller.argument_value_resolver')
+    public function __construct(string $argumentResolverService = 'argument_resolver', string $argumentValueResolverTag = 'controller.argument_value_resolver', string $traceableResolverStopwatch = 'debug.stopwatch')
     {
         $this->argumentResolverService = $argumentResolverService;
         $this->argumentValueResolverTag = $argumentValueResolverTag;
+        $this->traceableResolverStopwatch = $traceableResolverStopwatch;
     }
 
     public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
@@ -46,12 +47,12 @@ class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass implements CompilerPassInterface
 
         $resolvers = $this->findAndSortTaggedServices($this->argumentValueResolverTag, $container);
 
-        if ($container->getParameter('kernel.debug') && class_exists(Stopwatch::class)) {
+        if ($container->getParameter('kernel.debug') && class_exists(Stopwatch::class) && $container->has($this->traceableResolverStopwatch)) {
             foreach ($resolvers as $resolverReference) {
                 $id = (string) $resolverReference;
                 $container->register("debug.$id", TraceableValueResolver::class)
                     ->setDecoratedService($id)
-                    ->setArguments(array(new Reference("debug.$id.inner"), new Reference('debug.stopwatch', ContainerInterface::NULL_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE)));
+                    ->setArguments(array(new Reference("debug.$id.inner"), new Reference($this->traceableResolverStopwatch)));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest.php
index 3cbc62131f..49bbd0f9c1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Controller\ArgumentResolver;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\DependencyInjection\ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass;
+use Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Stopwatch;
 
 class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('n3.traceable'));
     }
 
-    public function testInDebug()
+    public function testInDebugWithStopWatchDefinition()
     {
         $services = array(
             'n3' => array(array()),
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest extends TestCase
 
         $definition = new Definition(ArgumentResolver::class, array(null, array()));
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('debug.stopwatch', Stopwatch::class);
         $container->setDefinition('argument_resolver', $definition);
 
         foreach ($services as $id => list($tag)) {
@@ -88,6 +90,24 @@ class ControllerArgumentValueResolverPassTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('n3'));
     }
 
+    public function testInDebugWithouStopWatchDefinition()
+    {
+        $expected = array(new Reference('n1'));
+
+        $definition = new Definition(ArgumentResolver::class, array(null, array()));
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('n1')->addTag('controller.argument_value_resolver');
+        $container->setDefinition('argument_resolver', $definition);
+
+        $container->setParameter('kernel.debug', true);
+
+        (new ControllerArgumentValueResolverPass())->process($container);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $definition->getArgument(1)->getValues());
+
+        $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('debug.n1'));
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('n1'));
+    }
+
     public function testReturningEmptyArrayWhenNoService()
     {
         $definition = new Definition(ArgumentResolver::class, array(null, array()));