diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.cs
index fb9969dd..66b8a6cd 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.cs
@@ -244,11 +244,15 @@ namespace Spring.Aop.Framework.AutoProxy
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Extension hook that subclasses can override to register additional advisors,
+        /// Extension hook that subclasses can override to add additional advisors for the given object,
         /// given the sorted advisors obtained to date.<br/>
         /// The default implementation does nothing.<br/>
         /// Typically used to add advisors that expose contextual information required by some of the later advisors.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The advisor list passed into this method is already reduced to advisors applying to this particular object.
+        /// If you want to register additional common advisor candidates, override <see cref="FindCandidateAdvisors"/>.
+        /// </remarks>
         /// <param name="advisors">Advisors that have already been identified as applying to a given object</param>
         /// <param name="objectType">the type of the object to be advised</param>
         /// <param name="objectName">the name of the object to be advised</param>
diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/ObjectFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/ObjectFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.cs
index 4597be73..0208e491 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/ObjectFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Aop/Aop/Framework/AutoProxy/ObjectFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.cs
@@ -165,8 +165,12 @@ namespace Spring.Aop.Framework.AutoProxy
         /// <param name="objectName">the name of the object to be advised</param>
         protected virtual bool IsEligibleObject(string advisorName, Type objectType, string objectName )
         {
-            return this.ObjectFactory.ContainsObjectDefinition(advisorName)
-                   && this.ObjectFactory.GetObjectDefinition(advisorName).Role != ObjectRole.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE;
+            bool containsObjectDefinition = this.ObjectFactory.ContainsObjectDefinition(advisorName);
+            if (containsObjectDefinition)
+            {
+                return this.ObjectFactory.GetObjectDefinition(advisorName).Role != ObjectRole.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE;
+            }
+            return this.ObjectFactory.ContainsObject(advisorName);
        }
     }
 }
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