diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
index f03882bba1de..839f244976b5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
@@ -645,12 +645,15 @@ public function count()
      */
     private function searchInDirectory($dir)
     {
+        $exclude = $this->exclude;
+        $notPaths = $this->notPaths;
+
         if (static::IGNORE_VCS_FILES === (static::IGNORE_VCS_FILES & $this->ignore)) {
-            $this->exclude = array_merge($this->exclude, self::$vcsPatterns);
+            $exclude = array_merge($exclude, self::$vcsPatterns);
         }
 
         if (static::IGNORE_DOT_FILES === (static::IGNORE_DOT_FILES & $this->ignore)) {
-            $this->notPaths[] = '#(^|/)\..+(/|$)#';
+            $notPaths[] = '#(^|/)\..+(/|$)#';
         }
 
         $minDepth = 0;
@@ -683,8 +686,8 @@ private function searchInDirectory($dir)
 
         $iterator = new Iterator\RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, $flags, $this->ignoreUnreadableDirs);
 
-        if ($this->exclude) {
-            $iterator = new Iterator\ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator($iterator, $this->exclude);
+        if ($exclude) {
+            $iterator = new Iterator\ExcludeDirectoryFilterIterator($iterator, $exclude);
         }
 
         $iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($iterator, \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
@@ -717,8 +720,8 @@ private function searchInDirectory($dir)
             $iterator = new Iterator\CustomFilterIterator($iterator, $this->filters);
         }
 
-        if ($this->paths || $this->notPaths) {
-            $iterator = new Iterator\PathFilterIterator($iterator, $this->paths, $this->notPaths);
+        if ($this->paths || $notPaths) {
+            $iterator = new Iterator\PathFilterIterator($iterator, $this->paths, $notPaths);
         }
 
         if ($this->sort) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
index d309d23b1767..aac35bc23419 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ public function testIgnoreVCS()
         $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', '.bar', '.foo', '.foo/.bar', '.foo/bar', 'foo bar']), $finder->in(self::$tmpDir)->getIterator());
     }
 
+    public function testIgnoreVCSCanBeDisabledAfterFirstIteration()
+    {
+        $finder = $this->buildFinder();
+        $finder->in(self::$tmpDir);
+        $finder->ignoreDotFiles(false);
+
+        $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', '.bar', '.foo', '.foo/.bar', '.foo/bar', 'foo bar']), $finder->getIterator());
+
+        $finder->ignoreVCS(false);
+        $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['.git', 'foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', 'toto/.git', '.bar', '.foo', '.foo/.bar', '.foo/bar', 'foo bar']), $finder->getIterator());
+    }
+
     public function testIgnoreDotFiles()
     {
         $finder = $this->buildFinder();
@@ -214,6 +226,17 @@ public function testIgnoreDotFiles()
         $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', 'foo bar']), $finder->in(self::$tmpDir)->getIterator());
     }
 
+    public function testIgnoreDotFilesCanBeDisabledAfterFirstIteration()
+    {
+        $finder = $this->buildFinder();
+        $finder->in(self::$tmpDir);
+
+        $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', 'foo bar']), $finder->getIterator());
+
+        $finder->ignoreDotFiles(false);
+        $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsolute(['foo', 'foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'toto', '.bar', '.foo', '.foo/.bar', '.foo/bar', 'foo bar']), $finder->getIterator());
+    }
+
     public function testSortByName()
     {
         $finder = $this->buildFinder();