diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
index bbd09b821241c..a9e9f7f0e8a12 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
@@ -746,9 +746,7 @@ private function validateGenericNode($value, $object, $cacheKey, MetadataInterfa
         // The $cascadedGroups property is set, if the "Default" group is
         // overridden by a group sequence
         // See validateClassNode()
-        $cascadedGroups = count($cascadedGroups) > 0
-            ? $cascadedGroups
-            : $groups;
+        $cascadedGroups = null !== $cascadedGroups && count($cascadedGroups) > 0 ? $cascadedGroups : $groups;
 
         if (is_array($value)) {
             // Arrays are always traversed, independent of the specified