From c7233c5132543746c182ce78de109caadd1a7c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <juergen.hoeller@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 14:56:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid unnecessary dependent-bean registration for
 autowire-by-type

Closes gh-37424
---
 .../factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java   | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
index 4c3e25ef06d..92179cf59b8 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
@@ -1527,7 +1527,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 						pvs.add(propertyName, autowiredArgument);
 					}
 					for (String autowiredBeanName : autowiredBeanNames) {
-						registerDependentBean(autowiredBeanName, beanName);
+						if (containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
+							registerDependentBean(autowiredBeanName, beanName);
+						}
 						if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 							logger.trace("Autowiring by type from bean name '" + beanName + "' via property '" +
 									propertyName + "' to bean named '" + autowiredBeanName + "'");