diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
index 624088fbba..aa1833745a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception\DumpException;
  */
 class Inline
 {
-    const REGEX_QUOTED_STRING = '(?:"([^"\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^"\\\\]*)*)"|\'([^\']*(?:\'\'[^\']*)*)\')';
+    const REGEX_QUOTED_STRING = '(?:"([^"\\\\]*+(?:\\\\.[^"\\\\]*+)*+)"|\'([^\']*+(?:\'\'[^\']*+)*+)\')';
 
     private static $exceptionOnInvalidType = false;
     private static $objectSupport = false;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
index 755dfce592..56966bacd3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
@@ -410,4 +410,14 @@ class InlineTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         Inline::parse('{this, is not, supported}');
     }
+
+    public function testVeryLongQuotedStrings()
+    {
+        $longStringWithQuotes = str_repeat("x\r\n\\\"x\"x", 1000);
+
+        $yamlString = Inline::dump(array('longStringWithQuotes' => $longStringWithQuotes));
+        $arrayFromYaml = Inline::parse($yamlString);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($longStringWithQuotes, $arrayFromYaml['longStringWithQuotes']);
+    }
 }