diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcher.php
index ddf4fa7cecf0..c265b6010dac 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcher.php
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ protected function preDispatch($eventName, Event $event)
                 break;
             case KernelEvents::TERMINATE:
                 $token = $event->getResponse()->headers->get('X-Debug-Token');
+                if (null === $token) {
+                    break;
+                }
                 // There is a very special case when using built-in AppCache class as kernel wrapper, in the case
                 // of an ESI request leading to a `stale` response [B]  inside a `fresh` cached response [A].
                 // In this case, `$token` contains the [B] debug token, but the  open `stopwatch` section ID
@@ -66,12 +69,18 @@ protected function postDispatch($eventName, Event $event)
                 break;
             case KernelEvents::RESPONSE:
                 $token = $event->getResponse()->headers->get('X-Debug-Token');
+                if (null === $token) {
+                    break;
+                }
                 $this->stopwatch->stopSection($token);
                 break;
             case KernelEvents::TERMINATE:
                 // In the special case described in the `preDispatch` method above, the `$token` section
                 // does not exist, then closing it throws an exception which must be caught.
                 $token = $event->getResponse()->headers->get('X-Debug-Token');
+                if (null === $token) {
+                    break;
+                }
                 try {
                     $this->stopwatch->stopSection($token);
                 } catch (\LogicException $e) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcherTest.php
index c66732a37ccd..30c5ab5aaa50 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/Debug/TraceableEventDispatcherTest.php
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ public function testStopwatchCheckControllerOnRequestEvent()
     public function testStopwatchStopControllerOnRequestEvent()
     {
         $stopwatch = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Stopwatch')
-            ->setMethods(['isStarted', 'stop', 'stopSection'])
+            ->setMethods(['isStarted', 'stop'])
             ->getMock();
         $stopwatch->expects($this->once())
             ->method('isStarted')
             ->willReturn(true);
         $stopwatch->expects($this->once())
             ->method('stop');
-        $stopwatch->expects($this->once())
-            ->method('stopSection');
 
         $dispatcher = new TraceableEventDispatcher(new EventDispatcher(), $stopwatch);