diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/Bundle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/Bundle.php
index 93048c408b0d1..7ae73af52d92b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/Bundle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/Bundle.php
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ public function build(ContainerBuilder $container)
     public function getContainerExtension()
     {
         if (null === $this->extension) {
-            $class = $this->getContainerExtensionClass();
-            if (class_exists($class)) {
-                $extension = new $class();
+            $extension = $this->createContainerExtension();
 
+            if (null !== $extension) {
                 // check naming convention
                 $basename = preg_replace('/Bundle$/', '', $this->getName());
                 $expectedAlias = Container::underscore($basename);
+
                 if ($expectedAlias != $extension->getAlias()) {
                     throw new \LogicException(sprintf(
                         'Users will expect the alias of the default extension of a bundle to be the underscored version of the bundle name ("%s"). You can override "Bundle::getContainerExtension()" if you want to use "%s" or another alias.',
@@ -208,4 +208,16 @@ protected function getContainerExtensionClass()
 
         return $this->getNamespace().'\\DependencyInjection\\'.$basename.'Extension';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the bundle's container extension.
+     *
+     * @return ExtensionInterface|null
+     */
+    protected function createContainerExtension()
+    {
+        if (class_exists($class = $this->getContainerExtensionClass())) {
+            return new $class();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Bundle/BundleTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Bundle/BundleTest.php
index 1a1b30097c4db..d90ccc3f58f67 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Bundle/BundleTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Bundle/BundleTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 
 class BundleTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    public function testGetContainerExtension()
+    {
+        $bundle = new ExtensionPresentBundle();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(
+            'Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Fixtures\ExtensionPresentBundle\DependencyInjection\ExtensionPresentExtension',
+            $bundle->getContainerExtension()
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testRegisterCommands()
     {
         $cmd = new FooCommand();