diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/AsyncExecutionAspectSupport.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/AsyncExecutionAspectSupport.java
index 26b66a2b8a..5cef18836f 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/AsyncExecutionAspectSupport.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/interceptor/AsyncExecutionAspectSupport.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 	private BeanFactory beanFactory;
 
 	@Nullable
-	private StringValueResolver stringValueResolver;
+	private StringValueResolver embeddedValueResolver;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new instance with a default {@link AsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler}.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
 		if (beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory configurableBeanFactory) {
-			this.stringValueResolver = new EmbeddedValueResolver(configurableBeanFactory);
+			this.embeddedValueResolver = new EmbeddedValueResolver(configurableBeanFactory);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 		if (executor == null) {
 			Executor targetExecutor;
 			String qualifier = getExecutorQualifier(method);
-			if (this.stringValueResolver != null && StringUtils.hasLength(qualifier)) {
-				qualifier = this.stringValueResolver.resolveStringValue(qualifier);
+			if (this.embeddedValueResolver != null && StringUtils.hasLength(qualifier)) {
+				qualifier = this.embeddedValueResolver.resolveStringValue(qualifier);
 			}
 			if (StringUtils.hasLength(qualifier)) {
 				targetExecutor = findQualifiedExecutor(this.beanFactory, qualifier);
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/EnableAsyncTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/EnableAsyncTests.java
index b2a1e1140e..eaaed1c9c3 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/EnableAsyncTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/EnableAsyncTests.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class EnableAsyncTests {
 			Future<Thread> workerThread2 = asyncBean.myWork2();
 			assertThat(workerThread2.get().getName()).startsWith("myExecutor2-");
 
-			Future<Thread> workerThread3 = asyncBean.defaultExecutor();
+			Future<Thread> workerThread3 = asyncBean.fallBackToDefaultExecutor();
 			assertThat(workerThread3.get().getName()).startsWith("SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor");
 		}
 		finally {
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ public class EnableAsyncTests {
 			return new AsyncResult<>(Thread.currentThread());
 		}
 
-		@Async("${my.app.targetExecutor:}")
-		public Future<Thread> defaultExecutor() {
+		@Async("${my.app.myExecutor.UNDEFINED:}")
+		public Future<Thread> fallBackToDefaultExecutor() {
 			return new AsyncResult<>(Thread.currentThread());
 		}
 	}