diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.java
index a1d046b996..a7bc454dc4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.validation.beanvalidation.MethodValidationExclud
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean;
@@ -69,12 +68,12 @@ public class ValidationAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(search = SearchStrategy.CURRENT)
 	public static MethodValidationPostProcessor methodValidationPostProcessor(Environment environment,
-			@Lazy Validator validator, ObjectProvider<MethodValidationExcludeFilter> excludeFilters) {
+			ObjectProvider<Validator> validator, ObjectProvider<MethodValidationExcludeFilter> excludeFilters) {
 		FilteredMethodValidationPostProcessor processor = new FilteredMethodValidationPostProcessor(
 				excludeFilters.orderedStream());
 		boolean proxyTargetClass = environment.getProperty("spring.aop.proxy-target-class", Boolean.class, true);
 		processor.setProxyTargetClass(proxyTargetClass);
-		processor.setValidator(validator);
+		processor.setValidatorProvider(validator);
 		return processor;
 	}