diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
index 840e4b816fc7534440a851707e3d7808353d5306..7bcc5caba10ea38537bdebebc4e4c965e9676384 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -469,11 +468,14 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 
 	@Override
 	public Map<String, Object> getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
-		Set<String> beanNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>(getBeanDefinitionCount());
-		beanNames.addAll(Arrays.asList(getBeanDefinitionNames()));
-		beanNames.addAll(Arrays.asList(getSingletonNames()));
 		Map<String, Object> results = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
-		for (String beanName : beanNames) {
+		for (String beanName : getBeanDefinitionNames()) {
+			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = getBeanDefinition(beanName);
+			if (!beanDefinition.isAbstract() && (findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null)) {
+				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
+			}
+		}
+		for (String beanName : getSingletonNames()) {
 			if (findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
 				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
 			}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests-abstract.xml b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests-abstract.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e82ccdc59bcd4bf0158a5ff6167cea36a4bf2e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests-abstract.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">
+
+<beans>
+
+	<bean id="abstractFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanTests$AbstractFactoryBean" abstract="true"/>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests.java
index 62c85b60b2bc741da17051bd15e0abf39d85bc14..5d7808f426b19b3b5a6756e5e68c8780036e4c25 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/FactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	private static final Class<?> CLASS = FactoryBeanTests.class;
 	private static final Resource RETURNS_NULL_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "returnsNull.xml");
 	private static final Resource WITH_AUTOWIRING_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "withAutowiring.xml");
+	private static final Resource ABSTRACT_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "abstract.xml");
 
 	@Test
 	public void testFactoryBeanReturnsNull() throws Exception {
@@ -80,6 +82,20 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		assertSame(gamma, beta.getGamma());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testAbstractFactoryBeanViaAnnotation() throws Exception {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory).loadBeanDefinitions(ABSTRACT_CONTEXT);
+		factory.getBeansWithAnnotation(Component.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAbstractFactoryBeanViaType() throws Exception {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory).loadBeanDefinitions(ABSTRACT_CONTEXT);
+		factory.getBeansOfType(AbstractFactoryBean.class);
+	}
+
 
 	public static class NullReturningFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
 
@@ -152,6 +168,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	}
 
 
+	@Component
 	public static class BetaFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
 
 		private Beta beta;
@@ -176,4 +193,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public abstract static class AbstractFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
+	}
+
 }