diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index 08fbc5fa3fd88..e02626a5fdf1c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ private function isMaxDepthReached(array $attributesMetadata, $class, $attribute
     {
         if (
             !isset($context[static::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH]) ||
+            !$context[static::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH] ||
             !isset($attributesMetadata[$attribute]) ||
             null === $maxDepth = $attributesMetadata[$attribute]->getMaxDepth()
         ) {