diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/SynthesizedMergedAnnotationInvocationHandler.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/SynthesizedMergedAnnotationInvocationHandler.java
index e226accd5c6..0891a419c3e 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/SynthesizedMergedAnnotationInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/SynthesizedMergedAnnotationInvocationHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ final class SynthesizedMergedAnnotationInvocationHandler<A extends Annotation> i
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isVisible(ClassLoader classLoader, Class<?> interfaceClass) {
+		if (classLoader == interfaceClass.getClassLoader()) {
+			return true;
+		}
 		try {
 			return Class.forName(interfaceClass.getName(), false, classLoader) == interfaceClass;
 		}