diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index bbce4255b1ab9..28755eca57315 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
 
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\CircularReferenceException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Base class for a normalizer dealing with objects.
@@ -172,7 +174,11 @@ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = arra
             $ignored = in_array($attribute, $this->ignoredAttributes);
 
             if ($allowed && !$ignored) {
-                $this->setAttributeValue($object, $attribute, $value, $format, $context);
+                try {
+                    $this->setAttributeValue($object, $attribute, $value, $format, $context);
+                } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+                    throw new UnexpectedValueException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
index 367ff3799ec64..88ccdee0081f3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -498,6 +498,14 @@ public function testMaxDepth()
 
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
+     */
+    public function testThrowUnexpectedValueException()
+    {
+        $this->normalizer->denormalize(array('foo' => 'bar'), ObjectTypeHinted::class);
+    }
 }
 
 class ObjectDummy
@@ -658,3 +666,10 @@ public static function getBaz()
         return 'L';
     }
 }
+
+class ObjectTypeHinted
+{
+    public function setFoo(array $f)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
index f17da4d2aafc0..572561639db5b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/composer.json
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
         "doctrine/annotations": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.0"
     },
+    "conflict": {
+        "symfony/property-access": ">=3.0,<3.0.4|>=2.8,<2.8.4"
+    },
     "suggest": {
         "psr/cache-implementation": "For using the metadata cache.",
         "symfony/yaml": "For using the default YAML mapping loader.",