diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
index 4fef9a3817c..b0ee9ca76a8 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -117,13 +117,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 	public void loadBeanDefinitions(Set<ConfigurationClass> configurationModel) {
 		TrackedConditionEvaluator trackedConditionEvaluator = new TrackedConditionEvaluator();
 		for (ConfigurationClass configClass : configurationModel) {
-			try {
-				loadBeanDefinitionsForConfigurationClass(configClass, trackedConditionEvaluator);
-			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load bean definitions for configuration class '" +
-						configClass.getMetadata().getClassName() + "'", ex);
-			}
+			loadBeanDefinitionsForConfigurationClass(configClass, trackedConditionEvaluator);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -163,9 +157,17 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 
 		ScopeMetadata scopeMetadata = scopeMetadataResolver.resolveScopeMetadata(configBeanDef);
 		configBeanDef.setScope(scopeMetadata.getScopeName());
-		String configBeanName = this.importBeanNameGenerator.generateBeanName(configBeanDef, this.registry);
-		AnnotationConfigUtils.processCommonDefinitionAnnotations(configBeanDef, metadata);
 
+		String configBeanName;
+		try {
+			configBeanName = this.importBeanNameGenerator.generateBeanName(configBeanDef, this.registry);
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to generate bean name for imported class '" +
+					configClass.getMetadata().getClassName() + "'", ex);
+		}
+
+		AnnotationConfigUtils.processCommonDefinitionAnnotations(configBeanDef, metadata);
 		BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder = new BeanDefinitionHolder(configBeanDef, configBeanName);
 		definitionHolder = AnnotationConfigUtils.applyScopedProxyMode(scopeMetadata, definitionHolder, this.registry);
 		this.registry.registerBeanDefinition(definitionHolder.getBeanName(), definitionHolder.getBeanDefinition());
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests.java
index e1153782aea..daf234ad8d4 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests.java
@@ -410,35 +410,28 @@ class ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests {
 		beanFactory.setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding(false);
 		ConfigurationClassPostProcessor pp = new ConfigurationClassPostProcessor();
 
-		assertThatIllegalStateException()
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> pp.postProcessBeanFactory(beanFactory))
-				.withMessage("Failed to load bean definitions for configuration class '%s'", SingletonBeanConfig.class.getName())
-				.havingCause()
-					.isInstanceOf(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
-					.withMessageContainingAll(
-						"bar",
-						"SingletonBeanConfig",
-						TestBean.class.getName()
-					);
+				.withMessageContainingAll(
+					"bar",
+					"SingletonBeanConfig",
+					TestBean.class.getName()
+				);
 	}
 
 	@Test  // gh-25430
 	void detectAliasOverride() {
-		Class<?> configClass = SecondConfiguration.class;
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory = context.getDefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		beanFactory.setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding(false);
-		context.register(FirstConfiguration.class, configClass);
+		context.register(FirstConfiguration.class, SecondConfiguration.class);
 
 		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(context::refresh)
-				.withMessage("Failed to load bean definitions for configuration class '%s'", configClass.getName())
-				.havingCause()
-					.isExactlyInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
-					.withMessageContainingAll(
-						"alias 'taskExecutor'",
-						"name 'applicationTaskExecutor'",
-						"bean definition 'taskExecutor'"
-					);
+				.withMessageContainingAll(
+					"alias 'taskExecutor'",
+					"name 'applicationTaskExecutor'",
+					"bean definition 'taskExecutor'"
+				);
 		context.close();
 	}
 
@@ -1171,11 +1164,8 @@ class ConfigurationClassPostProcessorTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void nameClashBetweenConfigurationClassAndBean() {
-		assertThatIllegalStateException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MyTestBean.class))
-				.withMessage("Failed to load bean definitions for configuration class '%s'", MyTestBean.class.getName())
-				.havingCause()
-					.isInstanceOf(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MyTestBean.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ConfigurationClassProcessingTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ConfigurationClassProcessingTests.java
index 025f4f5d654..0c50d20f0fd 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ConfigurationClassProcessingTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ConfigurationClassProcessingTests.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
 
 /**
  * Miscellaneous system tests covering {@link Bean} naming, aliases, scoping and
@@ -223,12 +222,8 @@ class ConfigurationClassProcessingTests {
 
 	@Test  // gh-33330
 	void configurationWithMethodNameMismatch() {
-		Class<?> configClass = ConfigWithMethodNameMismatch.class;
-		assertThatIllegalStateException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> initBeanFactory(false, configClass))
-				.withMessage("Failed to load bean definitions for configuration class '%s'", configClass.getName())
-				.havingCause()
-					.isInstanceOf(BeanDefinitionOverrideException.class);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanDefinitionOverrideException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> initBeanFactory(false, ConfigWithMethodNameMismatch.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test  // gh-33920