diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
index f7a50cb0032..6e87ae230f1 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidateBeans.entrySet()) {
 			String candidateBeanName = entry.getKey();
 			Object beanInstance = entry.getValue();
-			if (this.resolvableDependencies.values().contains(beanInstance) ||
+			if ((beanInstance != null && this.resolvableDependencies.containsValue(beanInstance)) ||
 					matchesBeanName(candidateBeanName, descriptor.getDependencyName())) {
 				return candidateBeanName;
 			}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests.java
index 68b24b20ee6..b6cb43db004 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
@@ -556,6 +556,38 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		assertSame(bf, bean.getBeanFactory());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testConstructorResourceInjectionWithNull() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		bf.registerResolvableDependency(BeanFactory.class, bf);
+		AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor bpp = new AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor();
+		bpp.setBeanFactory(bf);
+		bf.addBeanPostProcessor(bpp);
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(ConstructorResourceInjectionBean.class);
+		bd.setScope(RootBeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		bf.registerSingleton("testBean", tb);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("nestedTestBean", new RootBeanDefinition(NullNestedTestBeanFactoryBean.class));
+		bf.registerSingleton("nestedTestBean2", new NestedTestBean());
+
+		ConstructorResourceInjectionBean bean = (ConstructorResourceInjectionBean) bf.getBean("annotatedBean");
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean2());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean3());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean4());
+		assertNull(bean.getNestedTestBean());
+		assertSame(bf, bean.getBeanFactory());
+
+		bean = (ConstructorResourceInjectionBean) bf.getBean("annotatedBean");
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean2());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean3());
+		assertSame(tb, bean.getTestBean4());
+		assertNull(bean.getNestedTestBean());
+		assertSame(bf, bean.getBeanFactory());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testConstructorResourceInjectionWithMultipleCandidates() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
@@ -2869,4 +2901,23 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	public static class NullNestedTestBeanFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<NestedTestBean> {
+
+		@Override
+		public NestedTestBean getObject() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<?> getObjectType() {
+			return NestedTestBean.class;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isSingleton() {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
 }