diff --git a/core/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnBeanCondition.java b/core/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnBeanCondition.java
index a30f08a6440..a99f1d88e3a 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnBeanCondition.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/condition/OnBeanCondition.java
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ class OnBeanCondition extends FilteringSpringBootCondition implements Configurat
 
 	private boolean isCandidate(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory, String name,
 			@Nullable BeanDefinition definition, Set<String> ignoredBeans) {
-		if (ignoredBeans.contains(name) || definition == null) {
+		if (ignoredBeans.contains(name)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		if (definition.isAutowireCandidate() && isDefaultCandidate(definition)) {
+		if (definition == null || (definition.isAutowireCandidate() && isDefaultCandidate(definition))) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		if (ScopedProxyUtils.isScopedTarget(name)) {