diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/services.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/services.xml
index 31ca2075e4a98..590c2ce995091 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@
         </service>
         <service id="Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface" alias="event_dispatcher" />
 
-        <service id="http_kernel" class="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel" public="true">
+        <service id="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel">
             <argument type="service" id="event_dispatcher" />
             <argument type="service" id="controller_resolver" />
             <argument type="service" id="request_stack" />
             <argument type="service" id="argument_resolver" />
         </service>
+        <service id="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware\ServiceResetMiddleware">
+            <argument key="$httpKernel" type="service" id="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel" />
+            <argument key="$services" /> <!-- ResettableServicePass will inject an iterator of initialized services here ($serviceId => $serviceInstance) -->
+            <argument key="$resetMethods" type="collection" /> <!-- ResettableServicePass will inject an array of reset methods here ($serviceId => $method) -->
+        </service>
+        <service id="http_kernel" alias="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware\ServiceResetMiddleware" public="true" />
         <service id="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface" alias="http_kernel" />
 
         <service id="request_stack" class="Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack" public="true" />
@@ -74,11 +80,5 @@
         <service id="Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\SelfCheckingResourceChecker">
             <tag name="config_cache.resource_checker" priority="-990" />
         </service>
-
-        <service id="Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\ServiceResetListener">
-            <argument /> <!-- ResettableServicePass will inject an iterator of initialized services here ($serviceId => $serviceInstance) -->
-            <argument type="collection" /> <!-- ResettableServicePass will inject an array of reset methods here ($serviceId => $method) -->
-            <tag name="kernel.event_subscriber" />
-        </service>
     </services>
 </container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Functional/DebugAutowiringCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Functional/DebugAutowiringCommandTest.php
index 0b7f9290a50bb..3e5a266df6370 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Functional/DebugAutowiringCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Functional/DebugAutowiringCommandTest.php
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public function testBasicFunctionality()
         $tester = new ApplicationTester($application);
         $tester->run(array('command' => 'debug:autowiring'));
 
-        $this->assertContains('Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface', $tester->getDisplay());
-        $this->assertContains('alias to http_kernel', $tester->getDisplay());
+        $this->assertContains('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface', $tester->getDisplay());
+        $this->assertContains('alias to service_container', $tester->getDisplay());
     }
 
     public function testSearchArgument()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePass.php
index 56cd059284afe..2e33faa43907b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePass.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\ServiceResetListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware\ServiceResetMiddleware;
 
 /**
  * @author Alexander M. Turek <me@derrabus.de>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function __construct($tagName = 'kernel.reset')
      */
     public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
     {
-        if (!$container->has(ServiceResetListener::class)) {
+        if (!$container->has(ServiceResetMiddleware::class)) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -56,14 +56,8 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
             $methods[$id] = $attributes['method'];
         }
 
-        if (empty($services)) {
-            $container->removeDefinition(ServiceResetListener::class);
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $container->findDefinition(ServiceResetListener::class)
-            ->replaceArgument(0, new IteratorArgument($services))
-            ->replaceArgument(1, $methods);
+        $container->findDefinition(ServiceResetMiddleware::class)
+            ->replaceArgument('$services', new IteratorArgument($services))
+            ->replaceArgument('$resetMethods', $methods);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ServiceResetListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ServiceResetListener.php
deleted file mode 100644
index cf6d15930315f..0000000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/ServiceResetListener.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the Symfony package.
- *
- * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener;
-
-use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
-
-/**
- * Clean up services between requests.
- *
- * @author Alexander M. Turek <me@derrabus.de>
- */
-class ServiceResetListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
-{
-    private $services;
-    private $resetMethods;
-
-    public function __construct(\Traversable $services, array $resetMethods)
-    {
-        $this->services = $services;
-        $this->resetMethods = $resetMethods;
-    }
-
-    public function onKernelTerminate()
-    {
-        foreach ($this->services as $id => $service) {
-            $method = $this->resetMethods[$id];
-            $service->$method();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public static function getSubscribedEvents()
-    {
-        return array(
-            KernelEvents::TERMINATE => array('onKernelTerminate', -2048),
-        );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddleware.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6bfcde36a0b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\TerminableInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Clean up services between requests.
+ *
+ * @author Alexander M. Turek <me@derrabus.de>
+ */
+class ServiceResetMiddleware implements HttpKernelInterface, TerminableInterface
+{
+    private $httpKernel;
+    private $services;
+    private $resetMethods;
+
+    public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $httpKernel, \Traversable $services, array $resetMethods)
+    {
+        $this->services = $services;
+        $this->resetMethods = $resetMethods;
+        $this->httpKernel = $httpKernel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function handle(Request $request, $type = self::MASTER_REQUEST, $catch = true)
+    {
+        if (self::MASTER_REQUEST === $type) {
+            $this->resetServices();
+        }
+
+        return $this->httpKernel->handle($request);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function terminate(Request $request, Response $response)
+    {
+        if ($this->httpKernel instanceof TerminableInterface) {
+            $this->httpKernel->terminate($request, $response);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function resetServices()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->services as $id => $service) {
+            $method = $this->resetMethods[$id];
+            $service->$method();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePassTest.php
index c998ef2eaf086..938c3278b9587 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DependencyInjection/ResettableServicePassTest.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\DependencyInjection\ResettableServicePass;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\ServiceResetListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware\ServiceResetMiddleware;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Fixtures\ClearableService;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Fixtures\ResettableService;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class ResettableServicePassTest extends TestCase
     public function testCompilerPass()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register(HttpKernel::class)->setSynthetic(true);
         $container->register('one', ResettableService::class)
             ->setPublic(true)
             ->addTag('kernel.reset', array('method' => 'reset'));
@@ -24,17 +26,22 @@ public function testCompilerPass()
             ->setPublic(true)
             ->addTag('kernel.reset', array('method' => 'clear'));
 
-        $container->register(ServiceResetListener::class)
+        $container->register(ServiceResetMiddleware::class)
             ->setPublic(true)
-            ->setArguments(array(null, array()));
+            ->setArguments(array(
+                '$httpKernel' => new Reference(HttpKernel::class),
+                '$services' => null,
+                '$resetMethods' => array()
+            ));
         $container->addCompilerPass(new ResettableServicePass('kernel.reset'));
 
         $container->compile();
 
-        $definition = $container->getDefinition(ServiceResetListener::class);
+        $definition = $container->getDefinition(ServiceResetMiddleware::class);
 
         $this->assertEquals(
             array(
+                new Reference(HttpKernel::class),
                 new IteratorArgument(array(
                     'one' => new Reference('one', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE),
                     'two' => new Reference('two', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE),
@@ -55,27 +62,20 @@ public function testCompilerPass()
     public function testMissingMethod()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register(HttpKernel::class)->setSynthetic(true);
         $container->register(ResettableService::class)
             ->addTag('kernel.reset');
-        $container->register(ServiceResetListener::class)
-            ->setArguments(array(null, array()));
+        $container->register(ServiceResetMiddleware::class)
+            ->setArguments(array(
+                '$httpKernel' => new Reference(HttpKernel::class),
+                '$services' => null,
+                '$resetMethods' => array()
+            ));
         $container->addCompilerPass(new ResettableServicePass('kernel.reset'));
 
         $container->compile();
     }
 
-    public function testCompilerPassWithoutResetters()
-    {
-        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
-        $container->register(ServiceResetListener::class)
-            ->setArguments(array(null, array()));
-        $container->addCompilerPass(new ResettableServicePass());
-
-        $container->compile();
-
-        $this->assertFalse($container->has(ServiceResetListener::class));
-    }
-
     public function testCompilerPassWithoutListener()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ public function testCompilerPassWithoutListener()
 
         $container->compile();
 
-        $this->assertFalse($container->has(ServiceResetListener::class));
+        $this->assertFalse($container->has(ServiceResetMiddleware::class));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ServiceResetListenerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddlewareTest.php
similarity index 58%
rename from src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ServiceResetListenerTest.php
rename to src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddlewareTest.php
index 603d11b2bf412..9ce869f225922 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ServiceResetListenerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Middleware/ServiceResetMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\EventListener;
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Middleware;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\IteratorArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\ServiceResetListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Middleware\ServiceResetMiddleware;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Fixtures\ClearableService;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\Fixtures\ResettableService;
 
-class ServiceResetListenerTest extends TestCase
+class ServiceResetMiddlewareTest extends TestCase
 {
     protected function setUp()
     {
@@ -22,7 +26,17 @@ protected function setUp()
     public function testResetServicesNoOp()
     {
         $container = $this->buildContainer();
-        $container->get('reset_subscriber')->onKernelTerminate();
+        $container->get('reset_middleware')->handle(new Request());
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, ResettableService::$counter);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, ClearableService::$counter);
+    }
+
+    public function testNoResetOnSubRequests()
+    {
+        $container = $this->buildContainer();
+        $container->get('one');
+        $container->get('reset_middleware')->handle(new Request(), HttpKernelInterface::SUB_REQUEST);
 
         $this->assertEquals(0, ResettableService::$counter);
         $this->assertEquals(0, ClearableService::$counter);
@@ -32,7 +46,7 @@ public function testResetServicesPartially()
     {
         $container = $this->buildContainer();
         $container->get('one');
-        $container->get('reset_subscriber')->onKernelTerminate();
+        $container->get('reset_middleware')->handle(new Request());
 
         $this->assertEquals(1, ResettableService::$counter);
         $this->assertEquals(0, ClearableService::$counter);
@@ -42,9 +56,9 @@ public function testResetServicesTwice()
     {
         $container = $this->buildContainer();
         $container->get('one');
-        $container->get('reset_subscriber')->onKernelTerminate();
+        $container->get('reset_middleware')->handle(new Request());
         $container->get('two');
-        $container->get('reset_subscriber')->onKernelTerminate();
+        $container->get('reset_middleware')->handle(new Request());
 
         $this->assertEquals(2, ResettableService::$counter);
         $this->assertEquals(1, ClearableService::$counter);
@@ -58,9 +72,12 @@ private function buildContainer()
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
         $container->register('one', ResettableService::class)->setPublic(true);
         $container->register('two', ClearableService::class)->setPublic(true);
+        $container->register(HttpKernel::class, HttpKernelInterface::class)
+            ->setSynthetic(true);
 
-        $container->register('reset_subscriber', ServiceResetListener::class)
+        $container->register('reset_middleware', ServiceResetMiddleware::class)
             ->setPublic(true)
+            ->addArgument(new Reference(HttpKernel::class))
             ->addArgument(new IteratorArgument(array(
                 'one' => new Reference('one', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE),
                 'two' => new Reference('two', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE),
@@ -72,6 +89,13 @@ private function buildContainer()
 
         $container->compile();
 
+        $kernelMock = $this->createMock(HttpKernelInterface::class);
+        $kernelMock->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('handle')
+            ->willReturn(new Response());
+
+        $container->set(HttpKernel::class, $kernelMock);
+
         return $container;
     }
 }