diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorage.php
index 76ebfa08a482d..4caba27dbc2df 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorage.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public function start()
         }
 
         $sessionId = $_COOKIE[session_name()] ?? null;
-        if ($sessionId && !preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9,-]{22,}$/', $sessionId)) {
+        if ($sessionId && $this->saveHandler instanceof AbstractProxy && 'files' === $this->saveHandler->getSaveHandlerName() && !preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9,-]{22,}$/', $sessionId)) {
             // the session ID in the header is invalid, create a new one
             session_id(session_create_id());
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorageTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorageTest.php
index 776da2adc27f1..86b4dd505567b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorageTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/Session/Storage/NativeSessionStorageTest.php
@@ -294,12 +294,31 @@ public function testGetBagsOnceSessionStartedIsIgnored()
         $this->assertEquals($storage->getBag('flashes'), $bag);
     }
 
-    public function testRegenerateInvalidSessionId()
+    public function testRegenerateInvalidSessionIdForNativeFileSessionHandler()
     {
         $_COOKIE[session_name()] = '&~[';
-        $started = (new NativeSessionStorage())->start();
+        session_id('&~[');
+        $storage = new NativeSessionStorage([], new NativeFileSessionHandler());
+        $started = $storage->start();
 
         $this->assertTrue($started);
         $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/^[a-zA-Z0-9,-]{22,}$/', session_id());
+        $storage->save();
+
+        $_COOKIE[session_name()] = '&~[';
+        session_id('&~[');
+        $storage = new NativeSessionStorage([], new SessionHandlerProxy(new NativeFileSessionHandler()));
+        $started = $storage->start();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($started);
+        $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/^[a-zA-Z0-9,-]{22,}$/', session_id());
+        $storage->save();
+
+        $_COOKIE[session_name()] = '&~[';
+        session_id('&~[');
+        $storage = new NativeSessionStorage([], new NullSessionHandler());
+        $started = $storage->start();
+        $this->assertTrue($started);
+        $this->assertSame('&~[', session_id());
     }
 }