diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
index a204cd91f6194..24206bfc27d92 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Composite;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Existence;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidatorFactoryInterface;
@@ -790,6 +791,10 @@ private function validateInGroup($value, $cacheKey, MetadataInterface $metadata,
         $context->setGroup($group);
 
         foreach ($metadata->findConstraints($group) as $constraint) {
+            if ($constraint instanceof Existence) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // Prevent duplicate validation of constraints, in the case
             // that constraints belong to multiple validated groups
             if (null !== $cacheKey) {