symfony
diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
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diff --git a/‎src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
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@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
                         }
                     } catch (\ReflectionException $e) {
                         throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Could not determine the class of the parameter "%s".', $key), 0, $e);
+                    } catch (MissingConstructorArgumentsException $e) {
+                        if (!$constructorParameter->getType()->allowsNull()) {
+                            throw $e;
+                        }
+                        $parameterData = null;
                     }
 
                     // Don't run set for a parameter passed to the constructor
 
@@ -182,6 +182,23 @@ public function testConstructorWithObjectTypeHintDenormalize()
         $this->assertEquals('rab', $obj->getInner()->bar);
     }
 
+    public function testConstructorWithUnconstructableNullableObjectTypeHintDenormalize()
+    {
+        $data = array(
+            'id' => 10,
+            'inner' => null,
+        );
+
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array($normalizer));
+        $normalizer->setSerializer($serializer);
+
+        $obj = $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyWithNullableConstructorObject::class);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(DummyWithNullableConstructorObject::class, $obj);
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $obj->getId());
+        $this->assertNull($obj->getInner());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage Could not determine the class of the parameter "unknown".
@@ -1109,3 +1126,25 @@ public function getFoo()
         return $this->Foo;
     }
 }
+
+class DummyWithNullableConstructorObject
+{
+    private $id;
+    private $inner;
+
+    public function __construct($id, ?ObjectConstructorDummy $inner)
+    {
+        $this->id = $id;
+        $this->inner = $inner;
+    }
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function getInner()
+    {
+        return $this->inner;
+    }
+}
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`@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref`
`351`	`351`	`}`
`352`	`352`	`} catch (\ReflectionException $e) {`
`353`	`353`	`throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Could not determine the class of the parameter "%s".', $key), 0, $e);`
	`354`	`+ } catch (MissingConstructorArgumentsException $e) {`
	`355`	`+ if (!$constructorParameter->getType()->allowsNull()) {`
	`356`	`+ throw $e;`
	`357`	`+ }`
	`358`	`+ $parameterData = null;`
`354`	`359`	`}`
`355`	`360`
`356`	`361`	`// Don't run set for a parameter passed to the constructor`