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 ecd7603f..c105dde0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker {
 		 * @param superType must not be {@literal null}.
 		 * @return
 		 */
+		@Nullable
 		private static ResolvableType getSuperType(ResolvableType source, Class<?> superType) {
 
 			Class<?> rawType = source.getRawClass();
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ 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 332e742f..d2d17c98 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.server.RepresentationModelProcessor;
  * Unit tests for {@link RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ * @author Karina Pleskach
  */
 public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 		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> {
@@ -82,4 +97,10 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 			return model;
 		}
 	}
+
+	static class MyCollectionModelInheritor<T> extends CollectionModel<T> {
+		public MyCollectionModelInheritor(Iterable<T> content) {
+			super(content);
+		}
+	}
 }