diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Translator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Translator.php
index b4c3f69187da5..b11edb7d6a240 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Translator.php
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ public function transChoice($id, $number, array $parameters = array(), $domain =
     protected function loadCatalogue($locale)
     {
         $this->catalogues[$locale] = new MessageCatalogue($locale);
-        if (!isset($this->resources[$locale])) {
-            return;
-        }
 
-        foreach ($this->resources[$locale] as $resource) {
-            if (!isset($this->loaders[$resource[0]])) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The "%s" translation loader is not registered.', $resource[0]));
+        if (isset($this->resources[$locale])) {
+
+            foreach ($this->resources[$locale] as $resource) {
+                if (!isset($this->loaders[$resource[0]])) {
+                    throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('The "%s" translation loader is not registered.', $resource[0]));
+                }
+                $this->catalogues[$locale]->addCatalogue($this->loaders[$resource[0]]->load($resource[1], $locale, $resource[2]));
             }
-            $this->catalogues[$locale]->addCatalogue($this->loaders[$resource[0]]->load($resource[1], $locale, $resource[2]));
         }
 
         $this->optimizeCatalogue($locale);
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/TranslatorTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
index c45f1df90e671..4cddae8a181b4 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/TranslatorTest.php
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ public function testSetFallbackLocale()
 
     public function testTransWithFallbackLocale()
     {
-        $translator = new Translator('en_US', new MessageSelector());
+        $translator = new Translator('fr_FR', new MessageSelector());
         $translator->addLoader('array', new ArrayLoader());
         $translator->addResource('array', array('foo' => 'foofoo'), 'en_US');
         $translator->addResource('array', array('bar' => 'foobar'), 'en');
 
+        $translator->setFallbackLocale('en');
+
         $this->assertEquals('foobar', $translator->trans('bar'));
     }