diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/FormType.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/FormType.php
index 7c6e60278324d..e7037c483e775 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/FormType.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/FormType.php
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
                 };
             }
 
-            return function (FormInterface $form) {
-                return $form->getConfig()->getCompound() ? array() : '';
+            return function (FormInterface $form, $defaultValue = '') {
+                return $form->getConfig()->getCompound() ? array() : $defaultValue;
             };
         };
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index f4696c0dfed34..505f854dc4764 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ private function viewToNorm($value)
         $transformers = $this->config->getViewTransformers();
 
         if (!$transformers) {
-            return '' === $value ? null : $value;
+            return $value;
         }
 
         for ($i = count($transformers) - 1; $i >= 0; --$i) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/UrlTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/UrlTypeTest.php
index 254b2a8e4e1b3..ab47be2a1780c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/UrlTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/UrlTypeTest.php
@@ -43,10 +43,22 @@ public function testSubmitAddsNoDefaultProtocolIfEmpty()
 
         $form->submit('');
 
-        $this->assertNull($form->getData());
+        $this->assertSame('',$form->getData()); // the data given was empty string so we should compare it to empty
         $this->assertSame('', $form->getViewData());
     }
 
+    public function testSubmitAddsNoDefaultProtocolIfNull()
+    {
+      $form = $this->factory->create('url', null, array(
+        'default_protocol' => 'http',
+      ));
+
+      $form->submit(null);
+
+      $this->assertNull($form->getData());
+      $this->assertSame('', $form->getViewData());
+    }
+
     public function testSubmitAddsNoDefaultProtocolIfSetToNull()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->create('url', null, array(