diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
index 2dba8bc3c1..8631cf8927 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class Section
      */
     public function isEventStarted($name)
     {
-        return isset($this->events[$name]);
+        return isset($this->events[$name]) && $this->events[$name]->isStarted();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
index 40ed0d6a6a..7adfdf0bb8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ class StopwatchEvent
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the event was started
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isStarted()
+    {
+        return !empty($this->started);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Stops the current period and then starts a new one.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
index 1ba69d19fa..5785827730 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@ class StopwatchEventTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $event->stop();
     }
 
+    public function testIsStarted()
+    {
+        $event = new StopwatchEvent(microtime(true) * 1000);
+        $event->start();
+        $this->assertTrue($event->isStarted());
+    }
+
+    public function testIsNotStarted()
+    {
+        $event = new StopwatchEvent(microtime(true) * 1000);
+        $this->assertFalse($event->isStarted());
+    }
+
     public function testEnsureStopped()
     {
         // this also test overlap between two periods
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
index 2f5ec2d2f5..20d5fb506f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ class StopwatchTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($stopwatch->isStarted('foo'));
     }
 
+    public function testIsNotStartedEvent()
+    {
+        $stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
+
+        $sections = new \ReflectionProperty('Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Stopwatch', 'sections');
+        $sections->setAccessible(true);
+        $section = $sections->getValue($stopwatch);
+
+        $events = new \ReflectionProperty('Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Section', 'events');
+        $events->setAccessible(true);
+        $events->setValue(
+            end($section),
+            array(
+                'foo' =>
+                $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\StopwatchEvent')
+                    ->setConstructorArgs([microtime(true) * 1000])
+                    ->getMock())
+        );
+
+        $this->assertFalse($stopwatch->isStarted('foo'));
+    }
+
     public function testStop()
     {
         $stopwatch = new Stopwatch();