diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index e151484708..43f46ca228 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ class Form implements \IteratorAggregate, FormInterface
 
             foreach ($this->children as $name => $child) {
                 $fieldValue = null;
-                if (isset($submittedData[$name])) {
+                if (array_key_exists($name, $submittedData)) {
                     $fieldValue = $submittedData[$name];
                     unset($submittedData[$name]);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
index 71c7b2a734..34b11d3949 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/CompoundFormTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Tests;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\HttpFoundationRequestHandler;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormError;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Forms;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Tests\Fixtures\FixedDataTransformer;
@@ -73,6 +74,19 @@ class CompoundFormTest extends AbstractFormTest
         $this->form->submit(array(), false);
     }
 
+    public function testSubmitDoesNotAddExtraFieldForNullValues()
+    {
+        $factory = Forms::createFormFactoryBuilder()
+            ->getFormFactory();
+
+        $child = $factory->create('file', null, array('auto_initialize' => false));
+
+        $this->form->add($child);
+        $this->form->submit(array('file' => null));
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->form->getExtraData());
+    }
+
     public function testClearMissingFlagIsForwarded()
     {
         $child = $this->getMockForm('firstName');