diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java
index f85316b1..4b967e72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker {
 		 * @param superType must not be {@literal null}.
 		 * @return
 		 */
+		@Nullable
 		private static ResolvableType getSuperType(ResolvableType source, Class<?> superType) {
 
 			Class<?> rawType = source.getRawClass();
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker {
 				}
 			}
 
-			return ResolvableType.forClass(superType);
+			return null;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java
index ba0a84ac..8d0af63c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.CollectionModel;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.EntityModel;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RepresentationModel;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.server.RepresentationModelProcessor;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.server.RepresentationModelProcessor;
  * Unit tests for {@link RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ * @author Karina Pleskach
  */
 public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 
@@ -41,6 +44,33 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 				.doesNotThrowAnyException();
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1379
+	void doesNotInvokeProcessorForNonAssignableNestedEntity() {
+
+		FirstEntityProcessor processor = new FirstEntityProcessor();
+		RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker invoker = new RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker(
+				singletonList(processor));
+
+		EntityModel<SecondEntity> entityModel = EntityModel.of(new SecondEntity());
+		invoker.invokeProcessorsFor(CollectionModel.of(singleton(entityModel)));
+
+		assertThat(processor.invoked).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test // #1379
+	void doesNotInvokeProcessorForNonAssignableNestedEntityOnSpecializedCollectionModel() {
+
+		FirstEntityProcessor firstProcessor = new FirstEntityProcessor();
+
+		RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker invoker = new RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker(
+				singletonList(firstProcessor));
+
+		EntityModel<SecondEntity> entityModel = EntityModel.of(new SecondEntity());
+		invoker.invokeProcessorsFor(new MyCollectionModelInheritor<>(singletonList(entityModel)));
+
+		assertThat(firstProcessor.invoked).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	// #1280
 
 	static class GenericPostProcessor<T extends GenericModel<T>> implements RepresentationModelProcessor<T> {
@@ -52,4 +82,27 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 	}
 
 	static class GenericModel<T extends RepresentationModel<T>> extends RepresentationModel<T> {}
+
+	static class FirstEntity {}
+
+	static class SecondEntity {};
+
+	static class FirstEntityProcessor implements RepresentationModelProcessor<CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>>> {
+
+		boolean invoked = false;
+
+		@Override
+		public CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>> process(CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>> model) {
+
+			invoked = true;
+
+			return model;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class MyCollectionModelInheritor<T> extends CollectionModel<T> {
+		public MyCollectionModelInheritor(Iterable<T> content) {
+			super(content);
+		}
+	}
 }