diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormView.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormView.php
index 401288cf83d91..73e38d358eef8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormView.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/FormView.php
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ public function __construct(FormView $parent = null)
      */
     public function isRendered()
     {
-        if (true === $this->rendered || 0 === count($this->children)) {
-            return $this->rendered;
+        if ($this->rendered) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($this->vars['compound']) ? !$this->vars['compound'] : 0 === count($this->children)) {
+            return false;
         }
 
         foreach ($this->children as $child) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractDivLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractDivLayoutTest.php
index 511c7f138cc7f..2c152ea49e65f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractDivLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractDivLayoutTest.php
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public function testNestedFormError()
         $form = $this->factory->createNamedBuilder('name', 'form')
             ->add($this->factory
                 ->createNamedBuilder('child', 'form', null, array('error_bubbling' => false))
-                ->add('grandChild', 'form')
+                ->add('grandChild', 'text')
             )
             ->getForm();
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
index f655d17cd65a0..dada6f03a0445 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractTableLayoutTest.php
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ public function testNestedFormError()
         $form = $this->factory->createNamedBuilder('name', 'form')
             ->add($this->factory
                 ->createNamedBuilder('child', 'form', null, array('error_bubbling' => false))
-                ->add('grandChild', 'form')
+                ->add('grandChild', 'text')
             )
             ->getForm();
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/FormTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/FormTypeTest.php
index 2b4b255b0daab..d7c5cb40501ce 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/FormTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/FormTypeTest.php
@@ -488,16 +488,67 @@ public function testPassMultipartTrueIfAnyChildIsMultipartToView()
         $this->assertTrue($view->vars['multipart']);
     }
 
-    public function testViewIsNotRenderedByDefault()
+    public function testViewIsConsideredRenderedForRenderedNonCompoundForms()
+    {
+        $view = $this->factory->createBuilder('form', null, array(
+                'compound' => false,
+            ))
+            ->getForm()
+            ->createView();
+
+        $view->setRendered();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($view->isRendered());
+    }
+
+    public function testViewIsNotConsideredRenderedImplicitlyForNonCompoundForms()
+    {
+        $view = $this->factory->createBuilder('form', null, array(
+                'compound' => false,
+            ))
+            ->getForm()
+            ->createView();
+
+        $this->assertFalse($view->isRendered());
+    }
+
+    public function testViewIsNotConsideredRenderedImplicitlyForCompoundFormsWithNonCompoundChildren()
     {
         $view = $this->factory->createBuilder('form')
-                ->add('foo', 'form')
-                ->getForm()
-                ->createView();
+            ->add('foo', 'form', array(
+                'compound' => false,
+            ))
+            ->getForm()
+            ->createView();
 
         $this->assertFalse($view->isRendered());
     }
 
+    public function testViewIsConsideredRenderedImplicitlyForCompoundFormsWithRenderedNonCompoundChildren()
+    {
+        $view = $this->factory->createBuilder('form')
+            ->add('foo', 'form', array(
+                'compound' => false,
+            ))
+            ->getForm()
+            ->createView();
+
+        foreach ($view as $child) {
+            $child->setRendered();
+        }
+
+        $this->assertTrue($view->isRendered());
+    }
+
+    public function testViewIsConsideredRenderedImplicitlyForCompoundFormsWithoutChildren()
+    {
+        $view = $this->factory->createBuilder('form')
+            ->getForm()
+            ->createView();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($view->isRendered());
+    }
+
     public function testErrorBubblingIfCompound()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->create('form', null, array(