diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/MvcUriComponentsBuilder.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/MvcUriComponentsBuilder.java
index 9112dcf36d2..d7e7cbfd5c4 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/MvcUriComponentsBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/MvcUriComponentsBuilder.java
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public class MvcUriComponentsBuilder extends UriComponentsBuilder {
 			contributor = defaultUriComponentsContributor;
 		}
 
-		int paramCount = method.getParameterCount();
+		int paramCount = method.getParameterTypes().length;
 		int argCount = args.length;
 
 		Assert.isTrue(paramCount == argCount,  "Number of method parameters " + paramCount +