diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
index c3aee4e6fd35a..6781883f4d482 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -1294,6 +1294,11 @@ public function resolveEnvPlaceholders($value, $format = null, array &$usedEnvs
             $format = '%%env(%s)%%';
         }
 
+        $bag = $this->getParameterBag();
+        if (true === $format) {
+            $value = $bag->resolveValue($value);
+        }
+
         if (is_array($value)) {
             $result = array();
             foreach ($value as $k => $v) {
@@ -1306,11 +1311,6 @@ public function resolveEnvPlaceholders($value, $format = null, array &$usedEnvs
         if (!is_string($value)) {
             return $value;
         }
-
-        $bag = $this->getParameterBag();
-        if (true === $format) {
-            $value = $bag->resolveValue($value);
-        }
         $envPlaceholders = $bag instanceof EnvPlaceholderParameterBag ? $bag->getEnvPlaceholders() : $this->envPlaceholders;
 
         foreach ($envPlaceholders as $env => $placeholders) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index 8b905746b2e43..785df13303ce2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -615,6 +615,28 @@ public function testResolveEnvValues()
         unset($_ENV['DUMMY_ENV_VAR'], $_SERVER['DUMMY_SERVER_VAR'], $_SERVER['HTTP_DUMMY_VAR']);
     }
 
+    public function testResolveEnvValuesWithArray()
+    {
+        $_ENV['ANOTHER_DUMMY_ENV_VAR'] = 'dummy';
+
+        $dummyArray = array('1' => 'one', '2' => 'two');
+
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->setParameter('dummy', '%env(ANOTHER_DUMMY_ENV_VAR)%');
+        $container->setParameter('dummy2', $dummyArray);
+
+        $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders('%dummy%', true);
+        $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders('%dummy2%', true);
+
+        $this->assertInternalType('array', $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders('%dummy2%', true));
+
+        foreach ($dummyArray as $key => $value) {
+            $this->assertArrayHasKey($key, $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders('%dummy2%', true));
+        }
+
+        unset($_ENV['ANOTHER_DUMMY_ENV_VAR']);
+    }
+
     public function testCompileWithResolveEnv()
     {
         putenv('DUMMY_ENV_VAR=du%%y');