diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests.java
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index 00000000000..493a856fc22
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+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests.java
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+package org.springframework.beans;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+public class Spr6972Tests {
+	@Test
+	public void repro() {
+		BeanFactory bf = new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource("Spr6972Tests-context.xml", this.getClass()));
+		TestSpringBean bean = bf.getBean(TestSpringBean.class);
+		assertTrue(bean.bool);
+		assertNotNull(bean.map);
+	}
+}
+
+class TestSpringBean {
+	boolean bool;
+	Map<String, String> map;
+
+	public TestSpringBean(boolean bool, Map<String, String> map) {
+		this.bool = bool;
+		this.map = map;
+	}
+
+	public TestSpringBean(Map<String, String> map) {
+		this(true, map);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests-context.xml b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests-context.xml
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+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/Spr6972Tests-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
+
+  <bean id="testSpringBean" class="org.springframework.beans.TestSpringBean">
+    <constructor-arg>
+      <map>
+        <entry><key><value>entry1</value></key><value>string1</value></entry>
+        <entry><key><value>entry2</value></key><value>string2</value></entry>
+        <entry><key><value>entry3</value></key><value>string3</value></entry>
+        <entry><key><value>entry4</value></key><value>string4</value></entry>
+      </map>
+    </constructor-arg>
+  </bean>
+</beans>