diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener.java
index 03c592068..ab91e7b93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
@@ -45,6 +47,15 @@ class DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener implements ApplicationListener<Co
 	@Override
 	public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
 
+		ApplicationContext context = event.getApplicationContext();
+
+		// Ignore events from child contexts (e.g., Spring Cloud OpenFeign, LoadBalancer)
+		// to avoid premature repository initialization.
+		// See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/708cbd72942e65906ea32ab3204af6c4e58a7314
+		if (context instanceof ConfigurableApplicationContext cac && cac.getBeanFactory() != beanFactory) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		logger.info("Triggering deferred initialization of Spring Data repositories…");
 
 		beanFactory.getBeansOfType(Repository.class);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListenerUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListenerUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345a9cfef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/DeferredRepositoryInitializationListenerUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.repository.config;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener}.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ * @author seongjun-rpls
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class DeferredRepositoryInitializationListenerUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock ListableBeanFactory beanFactory;
+
+	@Test // GH-3459
+	void triggersInitializationOnMatchingContextEvent() {
+
+		var context = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		context.refresh();
+
+		// Create listener with the real context's BeanFactory
+		var listener = new DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener(context.getBeanFactory());
+
+		// Fire event from the same context
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(context));
+
+		// The test verifies no exception is thrown and listener completes normally
+		// Since we're using real context, we can't easily mock getBeansOfType
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-3459
+	void ignoresEventsFromChildContext() {
+
+		// Mock beanFactory that should NOT be called
+		ListableBeanFactory mockBeanFactory = mock(ListableBeanFactory.class);
+		var listener = new DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener(mockBeanFactory);
+
+		// Create a real context (will have different beanFactory)
+		var context = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		context.refresh();
+
+		// Fire event - should be ignored because context.getBeanFactory() != mockBeanFactory
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(context));
+
+		// Verify the mock was never called
+		verify(mockBeanFactory, never()).getBeansOfType(Repository.class);
+
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-3459
+	void triggersInitializationOnParentContextEvent() {
+
+		// Create a mock beanFactory
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory mockBeanFactory = mock(DefaultListableBeanFactory.class);
+
+		// Create a mock ConfigurableApplicationContext
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext mockContext = mock(ConfigurableApplicationContext.class);
+		when(mockContext.getBeanFactory()).thenReturn(mockBeanFactory);
+
+		// Create listener with the same mock beanFactory
+		var listener = new DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener(mockBeanFactory);
+
+		// Fire event from the mock context
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(mockContext));
+
+		// Verify getBeansOfType WAS called
+		verify(mockBeanFactory).getBeansOfType(Repository.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-3459
+	void ignoresEventsFromSiblingChildContexts() {
+
+		// Create a mock beanFactory for the "parent" listener
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory mockParentBeanFactory = mock(DefaultListableBeanFactory.class);
+
+		// Create listener as if registered in a parent context
+		var listener = new DeferredRepositoryInitializationListener(mockParentBeanFactory);
+
+		// Create real child contexts (simulates Feign-like scenario)
+		var childContext1 = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		childContext1.refresh();
+
+		var childContext2 = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		childContext2.refresh();
+
+		// Fire events from child contexts - should be ignored
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(childContext1));
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(childContext2));
+
+		// Verify that getBeansOfType was NOT called for child context events
+		verify(mockParentBeanFactory, never()).getBeansOfType(Repository.class);
+
+		// Now create a mock parent context that returns our mock beanFactory
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext mockParentContext = mock(ConfigurableApplicationContext.class);
+		when(mockParentContext.getBeanFactory()).thenReturn(mockParentBeanFactory);
+
+		// Fire event from "parent" context
+		listener.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(mockParentContext));
+
+		// Verify that getBeansOfType WAS called exactly once for parent context
+		verify(mockParentBeanFactory, times(1)).getBeansOfType(Repository.class);
+
+		childContext1.close();
+		childContext2.close();
+	}
+}