diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptor.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptor.java
index ff277afa30ddb260700903981aacc2c19fb01939..2b4b2d8da16d357cbacd2629cff7ddef613ac6e5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.springframework.core.convert;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 		typeDescriptorCache.put(String.class, new TypeDescriptor(String.class));
 	}
 
+
 	private final Class<?> type;
 
 	private final TypeDescriptor elementTypeDescriptor;
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 
 	private final Annotation[] annotations;
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new type descriptor from a {@link MethodParameter}.
 	 * Use this constructor when a source or target conversion point is a constructor parameter, method parameter, or method return value. 
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 		this(new BeanPropertyDescriptor(property));
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new type descriptor from the given type.
 	 * Use this to instruct the conversion system to convert an object to a specific target type, when no type location such as a method parameter or field is available to provide additional conversion context.
@@ -207,6 +211,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 		return (source != null ? valueOf(source.getClass()) : null);
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * The type of the backing class, method parameter, field, or property described by this TypeDescriptor.
 	 * Returns primitive types as-is.
@@ -477,6 +482,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 
 	private TypeDescriptor(Class<?> type, TypeDescriptor elementTypeDescriptor, TypeDescriptor mapKeyTypeDescriptor,
 			TypeDescriptor mapValueTypeDescriptor, Annotation[] annotations) {
+
 		this.type = type;
 		this.elementTypeDescriptor = elementTypeDescriptor;
 		this.mapKeyTypeDescriptor = mapKeyTypeDescriptor;
@@ -538,15 +544,25 @@ public class TypeDescriptor {
 			return false;
 		}
 		TypeDescriptor other = (TypeDescriptor) obj;
-		boolean annotatedTypeEquals = ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getType(), other.getType()) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getAnnotations(), other.getAnnotations());
-		if (!annotatedTypeEquals) {
+		if (!ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getType(), other.getType())) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		Annotation[] ann = getAnnotations();
+		Annotation[] otherAnn = other.getAnnotations();
+		if (ann.length != otherAnn.length) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < ann.length; i++) {
+			if (!ann[i].annotationType().equals(otherAnn[i].annotationType())) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 		if (isCollection() || isArray()) {
 			return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getElementTypeDescriptor(), other.getElementTypeDescriptor());
 		}
 		else if (isMap()) {
-			return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getMapKeyTypeDescriptor(), other.getMapKeyTypeDescriptor()) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getMapValueTypeDescriptor(), other.getMapValueTypeDescriptor());
+			return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getMapKeyTypeDescriptor(), other.getMapKeyTypeDescriptor()) &&
+					ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getMapValueTypeDescriptor(), other.getMapValueTypeDescriptor());
 		}
 		else {
 			return true;