diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker.java
index 006da60e4d0..bdd72f24d38 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ public class ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker extends MethodInvoker {
 			for (Method candidate : candidates) {
 				if (candidate.getName().equals(targetMethod)) {
 					// Check if the inspected method has the correct number of parameters.
-					Class<?>[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();
-					if (paramTypes.length == argCount) {
+					int parameterCount = candidate.getParameterCount();
+					if (parameterCount == argCount) {
+						Class<?>[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();
 						Object[] convertedArguments = new Object[argCount];
 						boolean match = true;
 						for (int j = 0; j < argCount && match; j++) {
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java
index 55a0f60b317..353b88fd362 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -170,11 +170,12 @@ public final class GenericTypeResolver {
 					ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) genericType;
 					Class<?>[] generics = new Class<?>[parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length];
 					Type[] typeArguments = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
+					ResolvableType contextType = ResolvableType.forClass(contextClass);
 					for (int i = 0; i < typeArguments.length; i++) {
 						Type typeArgument = typeArguments[i];
 						if (typeArgument instanceof TypeVariable) {
 							ResolvableType resolvedTypeArgument = resolveVariable(
-									(TypeVariable<?>) typeArgument, ResolvableType.forClass(contextClass));
+									(TypeVariable<?>) typeArgument, contextType);
 							if (resolvedTypeArgument != ResolvableType.NONE) {
 								generics[i] = resolvedTypeArgument.resolve();
 							}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/MethodMetadataReadingVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/MethodMetadataReadingVisitor.java
index a4223601f68..034e571814f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/MethodMetadataReadingVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/MethodMetadataReadingVisitor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -151,9 +151,10 @@ public class MethodMetadataReadingVisitor extends MethodVisitor implements Metho
 		MultiValueMap<String, Object> allAttributes = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
 		List<AnnotationAttributes> attributesList = this.attributesMap.get(annotationName);
 		if (attributesList != null) {
+			String annotatedElement = "method '" + getMethodName() + '\'';
 			for (AnnotationAttributes annotationAttributes : attributesList) {
 				AnnotationAttributes convertedAttributes = AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.convertClassValues(
-						"method '" + getMethodName() + "'", this.classLoader, annotationAttributes, classValuesAsString);
+						annotatedElement, this.classLoader, annotationAttributes, classValuesAsString);
 				convertedAttributes.forEach(allAttributes::add);
 			}
 		}