diff --git a/Parser/FormTypeParser.php b/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
index ecace3f..6519c03 100644
--- a/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
+++ b/Parser/FormTypeParser.php
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser;
 
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
 use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\Exception\MissingOptionsException;
-use Symfony\Component\Form\FormRegistry;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\FormException;
 
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ class FormTypeParser implements ParserInterface
         'country'   => 'string',
     );
 
-    public function __construct(FormFactoryInterface $formFactory, FormRegistry $formRegistry)
+    public function __construct(FormFactoryInterface $formFactory)
     {
         $this->formFactory  = $formFactory;
-        $this->formRegistry = $formRegistry;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -165,8 +164,10 @@ class FormTypeParser implements ParserInterface
 
             return $this->formFactory->create($type);
         }
-        if ($this->formRegistry->hasType($item)) {
+        try {
             return $this->formFactory->create($item);
+        } catch (UnexpectedTypeException $e) {
+            // nothing
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/Form/CollectionType.php b/Tests/Fixtures/Form/CollectionType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d16dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/Form/CollectionType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the NelmioApiDocBundle.
+ *
+ * (c) Nelmio <hello@nelm.io>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Form;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
+
+class CollectionType extends AbstractType
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
+    {
+        $builder
+            ->add('a', 'collection', array('type' => 'text'))
+            ->add('b', 'collection', array('type' => new TestType()))
+        ;
+    }
+
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return 'collection_type';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Parser/FormTypeParserTest.php b/Tests/Parser/FormTypeParserTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c6f98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Parser/FormTypeParserTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+namespace NelmioApiDocBundle\Tests\Parser;
+
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Form\Extension\DescriptionFormTypeExtension;
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Parser\FormTypeParser;
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\CoreExtension;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactoryBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormRegistry;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\ResolvedFormTypeFactory;
+
+class FormTypeParserTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataTestParse
+     */
+    public function testParse($typeName, $expected)
+    {
+        $resolvedTypeFactory = new ResolvedFormTypeFactory();
+        $formFactoryBuilder = new FormFactoryBuilder();
+        $formFactoryBuilder->setResolvedTypeFactory($resolvedTypeFactory);
+        $formFactoryBuilder->addExtension(new CoreExtension());
+        $formFactoryBuilder->addTypeExtension(new DescriptionFormTypeExtension());
+        $formFactory = $formFactoryBuilder->getFormFactory();
+        $formTypeParser = new FormTypeParser($formFactory);
+        $output = $formTypeParser->parse($typeName);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $output);
+    }
+
+    public function dataTestParse()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Form\TestType', array(
+                'a' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'string',
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'description' => 'A nice description',
+                    'readonly' => false
+                ),
+                'b' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'string',
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'description' => '',
+                    'readonly' => false
+                ),
+                'c' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'boolean',
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'description' => '',
+                    'readonly' => false
+                ))
+            ),
+            array('Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Form\CollectionType', array(
+                'a' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'array of strings',
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'description' => '',
+                    'readonly' => false
+                ), 'b' => array(
+                    'dataType' => 'string',
+                    'required' => true,
+                    'description' => '',
+                    'readonly' => false
+                ))
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+}