diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
index 63fd1d5130..08b95444e5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
 import javax.servlet.Servlet;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
@@ -183,13 +186,12 @@ public class EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration
 	private void registerEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(
 			AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext childContext) {
 		try {
-			EmbeddedServletContainerFactory servletContainerFactory = this.applicationContext
-					.getBean(EmbeddedServletContainerFactory.class);
 			ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = childContext.getBeanFactory();
 			if (beanFactory instanceof BeanDefinitionRegistry) {
 				BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = (BeanDefinitionRegistry) beanFactory;
 				registry.registerBeanDefinition("embeddedServletContainerFactory",
-						new RootBeanDefinition(servletContainerFactory.getClass()));
+						new RootBeanDefinition(
+								determineEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryClass()));
 			}
 		}
 		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
@@ -197,6 +199,25 @@ public class EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration
 		}
 	}
 
+	private Class<?> determineEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryClass()
+			throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+		Class<?> servletContainerFactoryClass = this.applicationContext
+				.getBean(EmbeddedServletContainerFactory.class).getClass();
+		if (cannotBeInstantiated(servletContainerFactoryClass)) {
+			throw new FatalBeanException("EmbeddedServletContainerFactory implementation "
+					+ servletContainerFactoryClass.getName() + " cannot be instantiated. "
+					+ "To allow a separate management port to be used, a top-level class "
+					+ "or static inner class should be used instead");
+		}
+		return servletContainerFactoryClass;
+	}
+
+	private boolean cannotBeInstantiated(Class<?> clazz) {
+		return clazz.isLocalClass()
+				|| (clazz.isMemberClass() && !Modifier.isStatic(clazz.getModifiers()))
+				|| clazz.isAnonymousClass();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add an alias for 'local.management.port' that actually resolves using
 	 * 'local.server.port'.