diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
index 2c4460f394a09..6c52c47b651a9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ public function createService(Definition $definition, $id, $tryProxy = true)
             $this->callMethod($service, $call);
         }
 
-        $properties = $this->resolveServices($parameterBag->resolveValue($definition->getProperties()));
+        $properties = $this->resolveServices($parameterBag->unescapeValue($parameterBag->resolveValue($definition->getProperties())));
         foreach ($properties as $name => $value) {
             $service->$name = $value;
         }
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ private function callMethod($service, $call)
             }
         }
 
-        call_user_func_array(array($service, $call[0]), $this->resolveServices($this->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($call[1])));
+        call_user_func_array(array($service, $call[0]), $this->resolveServices($this->getParameterBag()->unescapeValue($this->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($call[1]))));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index e215b9d00a394..3a369d9d2ed18 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -305,6 +305,24 @@ public function testCreateServiceMethodCalls()
         $this->assertEquals(array('bar', $builder->get('bar')), $builder->get('foo1')->bar, '->createService() replaces the values in the method calls arguments');
     }
 
+    public function testCreateServiceMethodCallsWithEscapedParam()
+    {
+        $builder = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $builder->register('bar', 'stdClass');
+        $builder->register('foo1', 'FooClass')->addMethodCall('setBar', array(array('%%unescape_it%%')));
+        $builder->setParameter('value', 'bar');
+        $this->assertEquals(array('%unescape_it%'), $builder->get('foo1')->bar, '->createService() replaces the values in the method calls arguments');
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateServiceProperties()
+    {
+        $builder = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $builder->register('bar', 'stdClass');
+        $builder->register('foo1', 'FooClass')->setProperty('bar', array('%value%', new Reference('bar'), '%%unescape_it%%'));
+        $builder->setParameter('value', 'bar');
+        $this->assertEquals(array('bar', $builder->get('bar'), '%unescape_it%'), $builder->get('foo1')->bar, '->createService() replaces the values in the properties');
+    }
+
     public function testCreateServiceConfigurator()
     {
         $builder = new ContainerBuilder();