diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanUtils.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanUtils.java
index 116d487dc72..e13ae5fdbe5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 
 		Method targetMethod = doFindMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getDeclaredMethods(), methodName);
 		if (targetMethod == null) {
-			return findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz, methodName);
+			targetMethod = findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz, methodName);
 		}
 		return targetMethod;
 	}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 
 		Method targetMethod = doFindMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getDeclaredMethods(), methodName);
 		if (targetMethod == null && clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
-			return findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getSuperclass(), methodName);
+			targetMethod = findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getSuperclass(), methodName);
 		}
 		return targetMethod;
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java
index 13093718310..1e65f464a7a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public class ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner extends ClassPathScanningCandidateCo
 	private ScopeMetadataResolver scopeMetadataResolver = new AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver();
 
 	private boolean includeAnnotationConfig = true;
-	
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner for the given bean factory.
 	 * @param registry the BeanFactory to load bean definitions into,