diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator.java b/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator.java
index 2b36d2ff315..524d0f2df4a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/config/AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean;
-import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator implement
 		
 		// get the root bean name - will be the name of the generated proxy factory bean
 		String existingBeanName = definitionHolder.getBeanName();
-		BeanDefinition existingDefinition = definitionHolder.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition targetDefinition = definitionHolder.getBeanDefinition();
 
 		// delegate to subclass for interceptor definition
 		BeanDefinition interceptorDefinition = createInterceptorDefinition(node);
@@ -74,22 +74,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator implement
 
 		BeanDefinitionHolder result = definitionHolder;
 
-		if (!isProxyFactoryBeanDefinition(existingDefinition)) {
+		if (!isProxyFactoryBeanDefinition(targetDefinition)) {
 			// create the proxy definition
 			RootBeanDefinition proxyDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition();
 			// create proxy factory bean definition
 			proxyDefinition.setBeanClass(ProxyFactoryBean.class);
-
-			// set up property values
-			MutablePropertyValues mpvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
-			proxyDefinition.setPropertyValues(mpvs);
-
 			// set the target
-			mpvs.add("target", existingDefinition);
-
+			proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("target", targetDefinition);
 			// create the interceptor names list
-			mpvs.add("interceptorNames", new ManagedList<String>());
-
+			proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("interceptorNames", new ManagedList<String>());
+			// copy autowire settings from original bean definition.
+			proxyDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(targetDefinition.isAutowireCandidate());
+			proxyDefinition.setPrimary(targetDefinition.isPrimary());
+			if (targetDefinition instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition) {
+				proxyDefinition.copyQualifiersFrom((AbstractBeanDefinition) targetDefinition);
+			}
+			// wrap it in a BeanDefinitionHolder with bean name
 			result = new BeanDefinitionHolder(proxyDefinition, existingBeanName);
 		}
 
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator implement
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private void addInterceptorNameToList(String interceptorName, BeanDefinition beanDefinition) {
-		List<String> list = (List<String>) beanDefinition.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("interceptorNames").getValue();
+		List<String> list = (List<String>)
+				beanDefinition.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("interceptorNames").getValue();
 		list.add(interceptorName);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java b/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
index 7fa39588968..62f13bb5c8a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/scope/ScopedProxyUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -53,28 +53,29 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {
 
 		// Create a scoped proxy definition for the original bean name,
 		// "hiding" the target bean in an internal target definition.
-		RootBeanDefinition scopedProxyDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(ScopedProxyFactoryBean.class);
-		scopedProxyDefinition.setOriginatingBeanDefinition(definition.getBeanDefinition());
-		scopedProxyDefinition.setSource(definition.getSource());
-		scopedProxyDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
+		RootBeanDefinition proxyDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(ScopedProxyFactoryBean.class);
+		proxyDefinition.setOriginatingBeanDefinition(definition.getBeanDefinition());
+		proxyDefinition.setSource(definition.getSource());
+		proxyDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
 
 		String targetBeanName = getTargetBeanName(originalBeanName);
-		scopedProxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("targetBeanName", targetBeanName);
+		proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("targetBeanName", targetBeanName);
 
 		if (proxyTargetClass) {
 			targetDefinition.setAttribute(AutoProxyUtils.PRESERVE_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE, Boolean.TRUE);
 			// ScopedFactoryBean's "proxyTargetClass" default is TRUE, so we don't need to set it explicitly here.
 		}
 		else {
-			scopedProxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("proxyTargetClass", Boolean.FALSE);
+			proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("proxyTargetClass", Boolean.FALSE);
 		}
 
 		// Copy autowire settings from original bean definition.
+		proxyDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(targetDefinition.isAutowireCandidate());
+		proxyDefinition.setPrimary(targetDefinition.isPrimary());
 		if (targetDefinition instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition) {
-			scopedProxyDefinition.copyQualifiersFrom((AbstractBeanDefinition) targetDefinition);
+			proxyDefinition.copyQualifiersFrom((AbstractBeanDefinition) targetDefinition);
 		}
-		scopedProxyDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(targetDefinition.isAutowireCandidate());
-		scopedProxyDefinition.setPrimary(targetDefinition.isPrimary());
+
 		// The target bean should be ignored in favor of the scoped proxy.
 		targetDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(false);
 		targetDefinition.setPrimary(false);
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {
 
 		// Return the scoped proxy definition as primary bean definition
 		// (potentially an inner bean).
-		return new BeanDefinitionHolder(scopedProxyDefinition, originalBeanName, definition.getAliases());
+		return new BeanDefinitionHolder(proxyDefinition, originalBeanName, definition.getAliases());
 	}
 	
 	/**