diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/DebugUniversalClassLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/DebugUniversalClassLoader.php
index 19952909ee..8a958e01f9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/DebugUniversalClassLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/DebugUniversalClassLoader.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class DebugUniversalClassLoader extends UniversalClassLoader
         if ($file = $this->findFile($class)) {
             require $file;
 
-            if (!class_exists($class, false) && !interface_exists($class, false) && (!function_exists('trait_exists') || !trait_exists($class))) {
+            if (!class_exists($class, false) && !interface_exists($class, false) && (!function_exists('trait_exists') || !trait_exists($class, false))) {
                 throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The autoloader expected class "%s" to be defined in file "%s". The file was found but the class was not in it, the class name or namespace probably has a typo.', $class, $file));
             }
         }