diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
index b86b056bacad..e6739469de39 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
@@ -185,12 +185,10 @@ public function getEndTime()
     public function getDuration()
     {
         $periods = $this->periods;
-        $stopped = \count($periods);
-        $left = \count($this->started) - $stopped;
+        $left = \count($this->started);
 
-        for ($i = 0; $i < $left; ++$i) {
-            $index = $stopped + $i;
-            $periods[] = new StopwatchPeriod($this->started[$index], $this->getNow(), $this->morePrecision);
+        for ($i = $left - 1; $i >= 0; --$i) {
+            $periods[] = new StopwatchPeriod($this->started[$i], $this->getNow(), $this->morePrecision);
         }
 
         $total = 0;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
index 16bfd69404bc..349334db7483 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
@@ -99,8 +99,25 @@ public function testDurationBeforeStop()
         $event->stop();
         usleep(50000);
         $event->start();
-        usleep(100000);
         $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(100, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
+        usleep(100000);
+        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(200, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
+    }
+
+    public function testDurationWithMultipleStarts()
+    {
+        $event = new StopwatchEvent(microtime(true) * 1000);
+        $event->start();
+        usleep(100000);
+        $event->start();
+        usleep(100000);
+        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(300, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
+        $event->stop();
+        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(300, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
+        usleep(100000);
+        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(400, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
+        $event->stop();
+        $this->assertEqualsWithDelta(400, $event->getDuration(), self::DELTA);
     }
 
     public function testStopWithoutStart()