diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
index b1ea997b40e..6b150325d50 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractApplicationContext.java
@@ -573,16 +573,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 		// Invoke BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessors first, if any.
 		if (beanFactory instanceof BeanDefinitionRegistry) {
 			BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = (BeanDefinitionRegistry) beanFactory;
+			Collection<BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor> registryPostProcessors =
+					beanFactory.getBeansOfType(BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor.class, true, false).values();
+			for (BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor postProcessor : registryPostProcessors) {
+				postProcessor.postProcessBeanFactory(beanFactory);
+			}
 			for (BeanFactoryPostProcessor postProcessor : getBeanFactoryPostProcessors()) {
 				if (postProcessor instanceof BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor) {
 					((BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor) postProcessor).postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(registry);
 				}
 			}
-			Collection<BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor> registryPostProcessors =
-					beanFactory.getBeansOfType(BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor.class, true, false).values();
-			for (BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor postProcessor : registryPostProcessors) {
-				postProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(registry);
-			}
 		}
 
 		// Invoke factory processors registered with the context instance.
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/Spr7167Tests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/Spr7167Tests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11ec4af5814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/Spr7167Tests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+public class Spr7167Tests {
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MyConfig.class);
+
+		assertThat("someDependency was not post processed",
+				ctx.getBeanFactory().getBeanDefinition("someDependency").getDescription(),
+				equalTo("post processed by MyPostProcessor"));
+
+		MyConfig config = ctx.getBean(MyConfig.class);
+		assertTrue("Config class was not enhanced", AopUtils.isCglibProxyClass(config.getClass()));
+	}
+}
+
+@Configuration
+class MyConfig {
+
+	@Bean
+	public Dependency someDependency() {
+		return new Dependency();
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public BeanFactoryPostProcessor thePostProcessor() {
+		return new MyPostProcessor(someDependency());
+	}
+}
+
+class Dependency {
+}
+
+class MyPostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor {
+
+	public MyPostProcessor(Dependency someDependency) {
+	}
+
+	public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+		AbstractBeanDefinition bd = (AbstractBeanDefinition) beanFactory.getBeanDefinition("someDependency");
+		bd.setDescription("post processed by MyPostProcessor");
+	}
+}
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