diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/BeanAnnotationHelper.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/BeanAnnotationHelper.java
index b28ab0492b6..c4afe223252 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/BeanAnnotationHelper.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/BeanAnnotationHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ class BeanAnnotationHelper {
 	public static String determineBeanNameFor(Method beanMethod) {
 		// By default, the bean name is the name of the @Bean-annotated method
 		String beanName = beanMethod.getName();
-
 		// Check to see if the user has explicitly set a custom bean name...
 		Bean bean = AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation(beanMethod, Bean.class);
-		if (bean != null && bean.name().length > 0) {
-			beanName = bean.name()[0];
+		if (bean != null) {
+			String[] names = bean.name();
+			if (names.length > 0) {
+				beanName = names[0];
+			}
 		}
-
 		return beanName;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java
index c67cd0cd683..ce9bb633168 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java
@@ -626,22 +626,20 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtils {
 	 * attributes of the same name from higher levels, and
 	 * {@link AliasFor @AliasFor} semantics are fully supported, both
 	 * within a single annotation and within the annotation hierarchy.
-	 * <p>In contrast to {@link #getAllAnnotationAttributes}, the search
-	 * algorithm used by this method will stop searching the annotation
-	 * hierarchy once the first annotation of the specified
-	 * {@code annotationType} has been found. As a consequence, additional
-	 * annotations of the specified {@code annotationType} will be ignored.
+	 * <p>In contrast to {@link #getAllAnnotationAttributes}, the search algorithm
+	 * used by this method will stop searching the annotation hierarchy once the
+	 * first annotation of the specified {@code annotationType} has been found.
+	 * As a consequence, additional annotations of the specified
+	 * {@code annotationType} will be ignored.
 	 * <p>This method follows <em>find semantics</em> as described in the
 	 * {@linkplain AnnotatedElementUtils class-level javadoc}.
 	 * @param element the annotated element
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to find
 	 * @param classValuesAsString whether to convert Class references into
 	 * Strings or to preserve them as Class references
-	 * @param nestedAnnotationsAsMap whether to convert nested Annotation
-	 * instances into {@code AnnotationAttributes} maps or to preserve them
-	 * as Annotation instances
-	 * @return the merged {@code AnnotationAttributes}, or {@code null} if
-	 * not found
+	 * @param nestedAnnotationsAsMap whether to convert nested Annotation instances into
+	 * {@code AnnotationAttributes} maps or to preserve them as Annotation instances
+	 * @return the merged {@code AnnotationAttributes}, or {@code null} if not found
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @see #findMergedAnnotation(AnnotatedElement, Class)
 	 * @see #getMergedAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String, boolean, boolean)
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
index 46c89574cfb..c782d566e7b 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
- * ASM visitor which looks for the annotations defined on a class or method, including
- * tracking meta-annotations.
+ * ASM visitor which looks for annotations defined on a class or method,
+ * including meta-annotations.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring 3.1.1, this visitor is fully recursive, taking into account any nested
- * annotations or nested annotation arrays. These annotations are in turn read into
- * {@link AnnotationAttributes} map structures.
+ * <p>This visitor is fully recursive, taking into account any nested
+ * annotations or nested annotation arrays.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Chris Beams
@@ -77,9 +76,7 @@ final class AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor extends RecursiveAnnotationAttrib
 				Annotation[] metaAnnotations = AnnotationUtils.getAnnotations(annotationClass);
 				if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(metaAnnotations)) {
 					for (Annotation metaAnnotation : metaAnnotations) {
-						if (!AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(metaAnnotation)) {
-							recursivelyCollectMetaAnnotations(visited, metaAnnotation);
-						}
+						recursivelyCollectMetaAnnotations(visited, metaAnnotation);
 					}
 				}
 				if (this.metaAnnotationMap != null) {
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ final class AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor extends RecursiveAnnotationAttrib
 			}
 			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Failed to introspect meta-annotations on [" + annotation + "]: " + ex);
+					logger.debug("Failed to introspect meta-annotations on " + annotation + ": " + ex);
 				}
 			}
 		}