diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/EventListenerMethodProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/EventListenerMethodProcessor.java
index 191f08925b..703b96f3c9 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/EventListenerMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/EventListenerMethodProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 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.
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ public class EventListenerMethodProcessor
 	}
 
 	private void processBean(final String beanName, final Class<?> targetType) {
-		if (!this.nonAnnotatedClasses.contains(targetType) && !isSpringContainerClass(targetType)) {
+		if (!this.nonAnnotatedClasses.contains(targetType) &&
+				!targetType.getName().startsWith("java") &&
+				!isSpringContainerClass(targetType)) {
+
 			Map<Method, EventListener> annotatedMethods = null;
 			try {
 				annotatedMethods = MethodIntrospector.selectMethods(targetType,
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ public class EventListenerMethodProcessor
 					logger.debug("Could not resolve methods for bean with name '" + beanName + "'", ex);
 				}
 			}
+
 			if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(annotatedMethods)) {
 				this.nonAnnotatedClasses.add(targetType);
 				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {