diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Collection.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Collection.php
index 3f4adb5ac5286..b151f0cd4df67 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Collection.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints;
 
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ConstraintDefinitionException;
 
 /**
@@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ class Collection extends Composite
      */
     public function __construct($fields = null, array $groups = null, $payload = null, bool $allowExtraFields = null, bool $allowMissingFields = null, string $extraFieldsMessage = null, string $missingFieldsMessage = null)
     {
-        // no known options set? $fields is the fields array
         if (\is_array($fields)
-            && !array_intersect(array_keys($fields), ['groups', 'fields', 'allowExtraFields', 'allowMissingFields', 'extraFieldsMessage', 'missingFieldsMessage'])) {
+            && (($firstField = reset($fields)) instanceof Constraint
+                || ($firstField[0] ?? null) instanceof Constraint
+            )) {
             $fields = ['fields' => $fields];
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionTest.php
index a362e96ceec88..e5685a4acc7ed 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Required;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ConstraintDefinitionException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\InvalidOptionsException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function testRejectInvalidFieldsOption()
 
     public function testRejectNonConstraints()
     {
-        $this->expectException(ConstraintDefinitionException::class);
+        $this->expectException(InvalidOptionsException::class);
         new Collection([
             'foo' => 'bar',
         ]);
@@ -113,4 +114,43 @@ public function testConstraintHasDefaultGroupWithOptionalValues()
         $this->assertEquals(['Default'], $constraint->fields['foo']->groups);
         $this->assertEquals(['Default'], $constraint->fields['bar']->groups);
     }
+
+    public function testOnlySomeKeysAreKnowOptions()
+    {
+        $constraint = new Collection([
+            'fields' => [new Required()],
+            'properties' => [new Required()],
+            'catalog' => [new Optional()],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('fields', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Required::class, $constraint->fields['fields']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('properties', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Required::class, $constraint->fields['properties']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('catalog', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Optional::class, $constraint->fields['catalog']);
+    }
+
+    public function testAllKeysAreKnowOptions()
+    {
+        $constraint = new Collection([
+            'fields' => [
+                'fields' => [new Required()],
+                'properties' => [new Required()],
+                'catalog' => [new Optional()],
+            ],
+            'allowExtraFields' => true,
+            'extraFieldsMessage' => 'foo bar baz',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('fields', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Required::class, $constraint->fields['fields']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('properties', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Required::class, $constraint->fields['properties']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('catalog', $constraint->fields);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Optional::class, $constraint->fields['catalog']);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($constraint->allowExtraFields);
+        $this->assertSame('foo bar baz', $constraint->extraFieldsMessage);
+    }
 }