diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
index 8f03d2f605a..667969ed83d 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
@@ -908,6 +908,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			// static factory method signature or from class inheritance hierarchy...
 			return getTypeForFactoryBeanFromMethod(mbd.getBeanClass(), factoryMethodName);
 		}
+
+		result = getFactoryBeanGeneric(mbd.targetType);
+		if (result.resolve() != null) {
+			return result;
+		}
 		result = getFactoryBeanGeneric(beanType);
 		if (result.resolve() != null) {
 			return result;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
index 76962198046..98f69c44d40 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java
@@ -1980,6 +1980,16 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertBeanNamesForType(FactoryBean.class, false, false);
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-30987
+	void getBeanNamesForTypeWithFactoryBeanDefinedAsTargetType() {
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(TestRepositoryFactoryBean.class);
+		beanDefinition.setTargetType(ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(TestRepositoryFactoryBean.class,
+				CityRepository.class, Object.class, Object.class));
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("factoryBean", beanDefinition);
+		assertBeanNamesForType(TestRepositoryFactoryBean.class, true, false, "&factoryBean");
+		assertBeanNamesForType(CityRepository.class, true, false, "factoryBean");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Verifies that a dependency on a {@link FactoryBean} can <strong>not</strong>
 	 * be autowired <em>by name</em>, as &amp; is an illegal character in
@@ -3068,6 +3078,25 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	}
 
 
+	public static class TestRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID extends Serializable>
+			extends RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport<T, S, ID> {
+
+		@Override
+		public T getObject() throws Exception {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Should not be called");
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<?> getObjectType() {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Should not be called");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public record City(String name) {}
+
+	public static class CityRepository implements Repository<City, Long> {}
+
+
 	public static class LazyInitFactory implements FactoryBean<Object> {
 
 		public boolean initialized = false;