diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
index 00f27bb7b3cdd..2e907b8c980b8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ private function resolveVariables($value)
             }
 
             $name = $matches[3];
-            $value = isset($this->values[$name]) ? $this->values[$name] : (isset($_ENV[$name]) ? isset($_ENV[$name]) : (string) getenv($name));
+            $value = isset($this->values[$name]) ? $this->values[$name] : (isset($_ENV[$name]) ? $_ENV[$name] : (string) getenv($name));
 
             if (!$matches[2] && isset($matches[4])) {
                 $value .= '}';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
index a7f211ecd6e37..47598030a87f1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public function testParse($data, $expected)
     public function getEnvData()
     {
         putenv('LOCAL=local');
+        $_ENV['REMOTE'] = 'remote';
 
         $tests = array(
             // spaces
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ public function getEnvData()
             array('FOO=" \\$ "', array('FOO' => ' $ ')),
             array('FOO=" $ "', array('FOO' => ' $ ')),
             array('BAR=$LOCAL', array('BAR' => 'local')),
+            array('BAR=$REMOTE', array('BAR' => 'remote')),
             array('FOO=$NOTDEFINED', array('FOO' => '')),
         );