diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index f55eaabb64..6dbbd3b83e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -522,12 +522,6 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
         $rootNode
             ->children()
                 ->arrayNode('session')
-                    ->validate()
-                        ->ifTrue(function ($v) {
-                            return empty($v['handler_id']) && !empty($v['save_path']);
-                        })
-                        ->thenInvalid('Session save path is ignored without a handler service')
-                    ->end()
                     ->info('session configuration')
                     ->canBeEnabled()
                     ->children()
@@ -553,7 +547,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         ->scalarNode('gc_divisor')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('gc_probability')->defaultValue(1)->end()
                         ->scalarNode('gc_maxlifetime')->end()
-                        ->scalarNode('save_path')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('save_path')->defaultValue('%kernel.cache_dir%/sessions')->end()
                         ->integerNode('metadata_update_threshold')
                             ->defaultValue(0)
                             ->info('seconds to wait between 2 session metadata updates')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 5bb3fad607..fca8f641be 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -892,11 +892,6 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
 
         // session handler (the internal callback registered with PHP session management)
         if (null === $config['handler_id']) {
-            // If the user set a save_path without using a non-default \SessionHandler, it will silently be ignored
-            if (isset($config['save_path'])) {
-                throw new LogicException('Session save path is ignored without a handler service');
-            }
-
             // Set the handler class to be null
             $container->getDefinition('session.storage.native')->replaceArgument(1, null);
             $container->getDefinition('session.storage.php_bridge')->replaceArgument(0, null);
@@ -904,10 +899,6 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
             $container->setAlias('session.handler', $config['handler_id'])->setPrivate(true);
         }
 
-        if (!isset($config['save_path'])) {
-            $config['save_path'] = ini_get('session.save_path');
-        }
-
         $container->setParameter('session.save_path', $config['save_path']);
 
         $container->setParameter('session.metadata.update_threshold', $config['metadata_update_threshold']);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 997c40967b..d703ad7586 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest extends TestCase
                 'cookie_httponly' => true,
                 'cookie_samesite' => null,
                 'gc_probability' => 1,
+                'save_path' => '%kernel.cache_dir%/sessions',
                 'metadata_update_threshold' => 0,
             ],
             'request' => [
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/session_savepath.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/session_savepath.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 89841bca43..0000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/session_savepath.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
-    'session' => [
-        'handler_id' => null,
-        'save_path' => '/some/path',
-    ],
-]);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/session_savepath.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/session_savepath.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9ddd8016b..0000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/session_savepath.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-
-<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
-                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
-
-    <framework:config>
-        <framework:session handler-id="null" save-path="/some/path"/>
-    </framework:config>
-</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/session_savepath.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/session_savepath.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 174ebe5869..0000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/session_savepath.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-framework:
-    session:
-        handler_id: null
-        save_path: /some/path
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 9e0453bcf5..dc3e6f2052 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -552,12 +552,6 @@ abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($expected, array_keys($container->getDefinition('session_listener')->getArgument(0)->getValues()));
     }
 
-    public function testNullSessionHandlerWithSavePath()
-    {
-        $this->expectException('Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException');
-        $this->createContainerFromFile('session_savepath');
-    }
-
     public function testRequest()
     {
         $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('full');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataMapper/PropertyPathMapper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataMapper/PropertyPathMapper.php
index 92187d772c..657d9d63be 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataMapper/PropertyPathMapper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataMapper/PropertyPathMapper.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PropertyPathMapper implements DataMapperInterface
             if (!$empty && null !== $propertyPath && $config->getMapped()) {
                 $form->setData($this->propertyAccessor->getValue($data, $propertyPath));
             } else {
-                $form->setData($form->getConfig()->getData());
+                $form->setData($config->getData());
             }
         }
     }