diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/Form/ValueTransformer/CollectionToStringTransformer.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/Form/ValueTransformer/CollectionToStringTransformer.php
index c284a28918..ed97255505 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/Form/ValueTransformer/CollectionToStringTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DoctrineBundle/Form/ValueTransformer/CollectionToStringTransformer.php
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ class CollectionToStringTransformer extends BaseValueTransformer
      */
     public function transform($value)
     {
+        if (null === $value) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
         $values = array();
         $em = $this->getOption('em');
         $reflField = $em->getClassMetadata($this->getOption('class_name'))