diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
index b8c33a2fe5..6414caf900 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, ContextAwareNormalizerInterface
      */
     public function denormalize($data, string $type, string $format = null, array $context = [])
     {
-        if (isset(self::SCALAR_TYPES[$type])) {
+        $normalizer = $this->getDenormalizer($data, $type, $format, $context);
+
+        // Check for a denormalizer first, e.g. the data is wrapped
+        if (!$normalizer && isset(self::SCALAR_TYPES[$type])) {
             if (!('is_'.$type)($data)) {
                 throw new NotNormalizableValueException(sprintf('Data expected to be of type "%s" ("%s" given).', $type, get_debug_type($data)));
             }
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ class Serializer implements SerializerInterface, ContextAwareNormalizerInterface
             throw new LogicException('You must register at least one normalizer to be able to denormalize objects.');
         }
 
-        if ($normalizer = $this->getDenormalizer($data, $type, $format, $context)) {
+        if ($normalizer) {
             return $normalizer->denormalize($data, $type, $format, $context);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
index 36cd098af8..3f27877840 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/SerializerTest.php
@@ -613,6 +613,13 @@ class SerializerTest extends TestCase
         $serializer->deserialize('["42"]', 'int[]', 'json');
     }
 
+    public function testDeserializeWrappedScalar()
+    {
+        $serializer = new Serializer([new UnwrappingDenormalizer()], ['json' => new JsonEncoder()]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(42, $serializer->deserialize('{"wrapper": 42}', 'int', 'json', [UnwrappingDenormalizer::UNWRAP_PATH => '[wrapper]']));
+    }
+
     private function serializerWithClassDiscriminator()
     {
         $classMetadataFactory = new ClassMetadataFactory(new AnnotationLoader(new AnnotationReader()));