diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/BasicMappingContext.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/BasicMappingContext.java
index b7bca0421..13e3a5d01 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/BasicMappingContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/BasicMappingContext.java
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class BasicMappingContext implements MappingContext, InitializingBean, Ap
     // Find the right constructor
     PreferredConstructor<T> preferredConstructor = null;
 
-    for (Constructor<?> constructor : type.getConstructors()) {
+    for (Constructor<?> constructor : type.getDeclaredConstructors()) {
       if (constructor.getParameterTypes().length != 0) {
         // Non-no-arg constructor
         if (null == preferredConstructor || constructor.isAnnotationPresent(PersistenceConstructor.class)) {