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@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
 
             return $object;
         }
+        // clean up even if no match
+        unset($context[static::OBJECT_TO_POPULATE]);
 
         $constructor = $this->getConstructor($data, $class, $context, $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes);
         if ($constructor) {
 
@@ -315,6 +315,30 @@ public function testGroupsDenormalizeWithNameConverter()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testObjectToPopulateNoMatch()
+    {
+        $classMetadataFactory = new ClassMetadataFactory(new AnnotationLoader(new AnnotationReader()));
+        $this->normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer($classMetadataFactory, null, null, new PhpDocExtractor());
+        new Serializer([$this->normalizer]);
+
+        $objectToPopulate = new ObjectInner();
+        $objectToPopulate->foo = 'foo';
+
+        $outer = $this->normalizer->denormalize([
+            'foo' => 'foo',
+            'inner' => [
+                'bar' => 'bar',
+            ],
+        ], ObjectOuter::class, null, [ObjectNormalizer::OBJECT_TO_POPULATE => $objectToPopulate]);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectOuter::class, $outer);
+        $inner = $outer->getInner();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectInner::class, $inner);
+        $this->assertNotSame($objectToPopulate, $inner);
+        $this->assertSame('bar', $inner->bar);
+        $this->assertNull($inner->foo);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideCallbacks
      */
@@ -936,6 +960,9 @@ class ObjectOuter
 {
     public $foo;
     public $bar;
+    /**
+     * @var ObjectInner
+     */
     private $inner;
     private $date;
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`@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref`
`330`	`330`
`331`	`331`	`return $object;`
`332`	`332`	`}`
	`333`	`+ // clean up even if no match`
	`334`	`+ unset($context[static::OBJECT_TO_POPULATE]);`
`333`	`335`
`334`	`336`	`$constructor = $this->getConstructor($data, $class, $context, $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes);`
`335`	`337`	`if ($constructor) {`