diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index ec03fef8cf..251ec5fac0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
     {
         if (
             !isset($context[static::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH]) ||
+            !$context[static::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH] ||
             !isset($attributesMetadata[$attribute]) ||
             null === $maxDepth = $attributesMetadata[$attribute]->getMaxDepth()
         ) {