diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java
index f26220334c8..aecd76a7afe 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 		for (int i = 0; i < generics.length; i++) {
 			ResolvableType generic = generics[i];
 			Type argument = (generic != null ? generic.getType() : null);
-			arguments[i] = (argument != null ? argument : variables[i]);
+			arguments[i] = (argument != null && !(argument instanceof TypeVariable) ? argument : variables[i]);
 		}
 
 		ParameterizedType syntheticType = new SyntheticParameterizedType(clazz, arguments);
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java
index 5ad690ff8e3..24ee9cdea42 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -1338,7 +1337,6 @@ public class ResolvableTypeTests {
 		assertTrue(setClass.isAssignableFrom(fromReturnType));
 	}
 
-	@Ignore
 	@Test
 	public void testSpr16456() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType genericType = ResolvableType.forField(