diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Escaper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Escaper.php
index 2820778feac94..f4987652aa5d6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Escaper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Escaper.php
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ public static function escapeWithDoubleQuotes($value)
      */
     public static function requiresSingleQuoting($value)
     {
-        // Determines if the PHP value contains any single characters that would
-        // cause it to require single quoting in YAML.
-        if (preg_match('/[ \s \' " \: \{ \} \[ \] , & \* \# \?] | \A[ \- ? | < > = ! % @ ` ]/x', $value)) {
+        // Determines if a PHP value is entirely composed of a value that would
+        // require single quoting in YAML.
+        if (in_array(strtolower($value), array('null', '~', 'true', 'false', 'y', 'n', 'yes', 'no', 'on', 'off'))) {
             return true;
         }
 
-        // Determines if a PHP value is entirely composed of a value that would
-        // require single quoting in YAML.
-        return in_array(strtolower($value), array('null', '~', 'true', 'false', 'y', 'n', 'yes', 'no', 'on', 'off'));
+        // Determines if the PHP value contains any single characters that would
+        // cause it to require single quoting in YAML.
+        return preg_match('/[ \s \' " \: \{ \} \[ \] , & \* \# \?] | \A[ \- ? | < > = ! % @ ` ]/x', $value);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
index 1bdcf87623408..3aa248b2f4a33 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ public static function dump($value, $exceptionOnInvalidType = false, $objectSupp
                 }
 
                 return $repr;
+            case '' == $value:
+                return "''";
             case Escaper::requiresDoubleQuoting($value):
                 return Escaper::escapeWithDoubleQuotes($value);
             case Escaper::requiresSingleQuoting($value):
             case preg_match(self::getTimestampRegex(), $value):
                 return Escaper::escapeWithSingleQuotes($value);
-            case '' == $value:
-                return "''";
             default:
                 return $value;
         }