diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
index 7dfa6ab56a3..d8447022b14 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 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.
@@ -1013,6 +1013,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				throw ex;
 			}
 			catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+				// Don't swallow a linkage error since it contains a full stacktrace on
+				// first occurrence... and just a plain NoClassDefFoundError afterwards.
+				if (ex.contains(LinkageError.class)) {
+					throw ex;
+				}
 				// Instantiation failure, maybe too early...
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 					logger.debug("Bean creation exception on singleton FactoryBean type check: " + ex);
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests.java
index 9bec2460979..5f97cd7f5c9 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 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.
@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@
 
 package org.springframework.context.annotation;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
+
 /**
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Liu Dongmiao
  */
 public class AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests {
 
@@ -49,17 +58,66 @@ public class AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void checkLinkageError() {
+		try (AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext()) {
+			context.register(BeanMethodConfigurationWithExceptionInInitializer.class);
+			context.refresh();
+			fail("Should have thrown BeanCreationException");
+		}
+		catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+			ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
+			ex.printStackTrace(pw);
+			pw.flush();
+			String stackTrace = baos.toString();
+			assertThat(stackTrace.contains(".<clinit>")).isTrue();
+			assertThat(stackTrace.contains("java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError")).isFalse();
+		}
+	}
+
 
 	@Configuration
 	static class BeanMethodConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
+		public String foo() {
+			return "foo";
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public AutowiredBean autowiredBean() {
+			return new AutowiredBean();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		@DependsOn("autowiredBean")
 		public SimpleFactoryBean simpleFactoryBean(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
 			return new SimpleFactoryBean(applicationContext);
 		}
 	}
 
 
+	@Configuration
+	static class BeanMethodConfigurationWithExceptionInInitializer extends BeanMethodConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		@DependsOn("autowiredBean")
+		@Override
+		public SimpleFactoryBean simpleFactoryBean(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
+			new ExceptionInInitializer();
+			return new SimpleFactoryBean(applicationContext);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class AutowiredBean {
+
+		@Autowired
+		String foo;
+	}
+
+
 	static class SimpleFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
 
 		public SimpleFactoryBean(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
@@ -76,4 +134,14 @@ public class AggressiveFactoryBeanInstantiationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	static class ExceptionInInitializer {
+
+		private static final int ERROR = callInClinit();
+
+		private static int callInClinit() {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+		}
+	}
+
 }