diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AnalyzeServiceReferencesPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AnalyzeServiceReferencesPass.php
index aeebbf0bf1..e734aebb27 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AnalyzeServiceReferencesPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AnalyzeServiceReferencesPass.php
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ class AnalyzeServiceReferencesPass extends AbstractRecursivePass implements Repe
                 return $value;
             }
             $this->currentDefinition = $value;
+        } elseif ($this->currentDefinition === $value) {
+            return $value;
         }
         $this->lazy = false;
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index 249dfc8787..45a1d24ebe 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -1479,6 +1479,22 @@ class ContainerBuilderTest extends TestCase
         $container->set('foo', (object) array(123));
         $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => (object) array(123)), $container->get('bar'));
     }
+
+    public function testDecoratedSelfReferenceInvolvingPrivateServices()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')
+            ->setPublic(false)
+            ->setProperty('bar', new Reference('foo'));
+        $container->register('baz', 'stdClass')
+            ->setPublic(false)
+            ->setProperty('inner', new Reference('baz.inner'))
+            ->setDecoratedService('foo');
+
+        $container->compile();
+
+        $this->assertSame(array('service_container'), array_keys($container->getDefinitions()));
+    }
 }
 
 class FooClass