diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/PassConfig.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/PassConfig.php
index c03ff9deb71d3..6daa4b7546448 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/PassConfig.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/PassConfig.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public function __construct()
                 new RemoveUnusedDefinitionsPass(),
             )),
             new CheckExceptionOnInvalidReferenceBehaviorPass(),
+            new CheckCircularReferencesPass(),
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/IntegrationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/IntegrationTest.php
index c4479403aa3d7..c4eee4033ef9a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -113,4 +113,30 @@ public function testProcessInlinesWhenThereAreMultipleReferencesButFromTheSameDe
         $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('b'));
         $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('c'), 'Service C was not inlined.');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceCircularReferenceException
+     */
+    public function testCircularReferencesCausedByMethodCallsAreDetectedDuringCompilation()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->setResourceTracking(false);
+
+        $container
+            ->register('foobar', '\stdClass')
+            ->addArgument(new Reference('foo'))
+        ;
+
+        $container
+            ->register('foo', '\stdClass')
+            ->addArgument(new Reference('bar'))
+        ;
+
+        $container
+            ->register('foo', '\stdClass')
+            ->addMethodCall('addFoobar', array(new Reference('foobar')))
+        ;
+
+        $container->compile();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
index 695f2875ffdf4..3db661cf8c457 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 ;
 $container
     ->register('baz', 'Baz')
-    ->addMethodCall('setFoo', array(new Reference('foo_with_inline')))
 ;
 $container
     ->register('request', 'Request')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/graphviz/services9.dot b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/graphviz/services9.dot
index b3b424e2e73c7..49de5aa2f59b2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/graphviz/services9.dot
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/graphviz/services9.dot
@@ -36,6 +36,5 @@ digraph sc {
   node_method_call1 -> node_foobaz [label="setBar()" style="dashed"];
   node_foo_with_inline -> node_inlined [label="setBar()" style="dashed"];
   node_inlined -> node_baz [label="setBaz()" style="dashed"];
-  node_baz -> node_foo_with_inline [label="setFoo()" style="dashed"];
   node_configurator_service -> node_baz [label="setFoo()" style="dashed"];
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9.php
index ce8930b8ddeba..107812974cbd6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9.php
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ protected function getBarService()
      */
     protected function getBazService()
     {
-        $this->services['baz'] = $instance = new \Baz();
-
-        $instance->setFoo($this->get('foo_with_inline'));
-
-        return $instance;
+        return $this->services['baz'] = new \Baz();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9_compiled.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9_compiled.php
index 559560fa6da60..9592ed87af812 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9_compiled.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9_compiled.php
@@ -99,11 +99,7 @@ protected function getBarService()
      */
     protected function getBazService()
     {
-        $this->services['baz'] = $instance = new \Baz();
-
-        $instance->setFoo($this->get('foo_with_inline'));
-
-        return $instance;
+        return $this->services['baz'] = new \Baz();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,12 +223,11 @@ protected function getFooBarService()
     protected function getFooWithInlineService()
     {
         $a = new \Bar();
-
-        $this->services['foo_with_inline'] = $instance = new \Foo();
-
         $a->pub = 'pub';
         $a->setBaz($this->get('baz'));
 
+        $this->services['foo_with_inline'] = $instance = new \Foo();
+
         $instance->setBar($a);
 
         return $instance;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services9.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services9.xml
index cba6814126f87..f2dadb42471ab 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services9.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services9.xml
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@
         <argument type="service" id="baz"/>
       </call>
     </service>
-    <service id="baz" class="Baz">
-      <call method="setFoo">
-        <argument type="service" id="foo_with_inline"/>
-      </call>
-    </service>
+    <service id="baz" class="Baz"/>
     <service id="request" class="Request" synthetic="true"/>
     <service id="configurator_service" class="ConfClass" public="false">
       <call method="setFoo">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services9.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services9.yml
index 84f62d25c0fd3..a7a3234855877 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services9.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services9.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ services:
 
     baz:
         class: Baz
-        calls:
-            - [setFoo, ['@foo_with_inline']]
 
     request:
         class: Request