diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java
index 7416f22662..664d477f9f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilter extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
 	 * @param considerMetaAnnotations whether to also match on meta-annotations
 	 * @param considerInterfaces whether to also match interfaces
 	 */
-	public AnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, boolean considerMetaAnnotations, boolean considerInterfaces) {
+	public AnnotationTypeFilter(
+			Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, boolean considerMetaAnnotations, boolean considerInterfaces) {
+
 		super(annotationType.isAnnotationPresent(Inherited.class), considerInterfaces);
 		this.annotationType = annotationType;
 		this.considerMetaAnnotations = considerMetaAnnotations;
@@ -111,6 +113,10 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilter extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter
 			return false;
 		}
 		else if (typeName.startsWith("java")) {
+			if (!this.annotationType.getName().startsWith("java")) {
+				// Standard Java classes don't have non-standard annotations on them.
+				return false;
+			}
 			try {
 				Class<?> clazz = ClassUtils.forName(typeName, getClass().getClassLoader());
 				return ((this.considerMetaAnnotations ? AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(clazz, this.annotationType) :
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationTypeFilterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationTypeFilterTests.java
index 6dd6dace0b..01a679d646 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationTypeFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationTypeFilterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilterTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testInheritedAnnotationFromInterfaceDoesNotMatch() throws Exception {
 		MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory();
-		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeSubClassOfSomeComponentInterface";
+		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeClassWithSomeComponentInterface";
 		MetadataReader metadataReader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(classUnderTest);
 
 		AnnotationTypeFilter filter = new AnnotationTypeFilter(InheritedAnnotation.class);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilterTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testInheritedAnnotationFromBaseClassDoesMatch() throws Exception {
 		MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory();
-		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeSubClassOfSomeComponent";
+		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeSubclassOfSomeComponent";
 		MetadataReader metadataReader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(classUnderTest);
 
 		AnnotationTypeFilter filter = new AnnotationTypeFilter(InheritedAnnotation.class);
@@ -94,22 +94,21 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testMatchesInterfacesIfConfigured() throws Exception {
-
 		MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory();
-		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeComponentInterface";
+		String classUnderTest = "org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationTypeFilterTests$SomeClassWithSomeComponentInterface";
 		MetadataReader metadataReader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(classUnderTest);
 
 		AnnotationTypeFilter filter = new AnnotationTypeFilter(InheritedAnnotation.class, false, true);
-
 		assertTrue(filter.match(metadataReader, metadataReaderFactory));
 		ClassloadingAssertions.assertClassNotLoaded(classUnderTest);
 	}
 
+
 	// We must use a standalone set of types to ensure that no one else is loading them
 	// and interfering with ClassloadingAssertions.assertClassNotLoaded()
 
 	@Inherited
-	private static @interface InheritedAnnotation {
+	private @interface InheritedAnnotation {
 	}
 
 
@@ -119,21 +118,21 @@ public class AnnotationTypeFilterTests {
 
 
 	@InheritedAnnotation
-	private static interface SomeComponentInterface {
+	private interface SomeComponentInterface {
 	}
 
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	private static class SomeSubClassOfSomeComponentInterface implements SomeComponentInterface {
+	private static class SomeClassWithSomeComponentInterface implements Cloneable, SomeComponentInterface {
 	}
 
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	private static class SomeSubClassOfSomeComponent extends SomeComponent {
+	private static class SomeSubclassOfSomeComponent extends SomeComponent {
 	}
 
 
-	private static @interface NonInheritedAnnotation {
+	private @interface NonInheritedAnnotation {
 	}