diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java
index 9640067784..3301695a7e 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java
@@ -256,10 +256,8 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 			mbd = this.beanFactory.getMergedBeanDefinition(innerBeanName, innerBd, this.beanDefinition);
 			// Check given bean name whether it is unique. If not already unique,
 			// add counter - increasing the counter until the name is unique.
-			String actualInnerBeanName = innerBeanName;
-			if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
-				actualInnerBeanName = adaptInnerBeanName(innerBeanName);
-			}
+			String actualInnerBeanName = adaptInnerBeanName(innerBeanName);
+			this.beanFactory.registerContainedBean(actualInnerBeanName, this.beanName);
 			// Guarantee initialization of beans that the inner bean depends on.
 			String[] dependsOn = mbd.getDependsOn();
 			if (dependsOn != null) {
@@ -269,7 +267,6 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 				}
 			}
 			Object innerBean = this.beanFactory.createBean(actualInnerBeanName, mbd, null);
-			this.beanFactory.registerContainedBean(actualInnerBeanName, this.beanName);
 			if (innerBean instanceof FactoryBean) {
 				boolean synthetic = mbd.isSynthetic();
 				return this.beanFactory.getObjectFromFactoryBean((FactoryBean) innerBean, actualInnerBeanName, !synthetic);
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
index 6115b4979e..2f30a69459 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -39,6 +28,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
@@ -73,7 +64,9 @@ import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.factory.DummyFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.SerializationTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * Miscellaneous tests for XML bean definitions.
@@ -256,7 +249,7 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(5, hasInnerBeans.getAge());
 		TestBean inner1 = (TestBean) hasInnerBeans.getSpouse();
 		assertNotNull(inner1);
-		assertEquals("innerBean", inner1.getBeanName());
+		assertTrue(inner1.getBeanName().startsWith("innerBean"));
 		assertEquals("inner1", inner1.getName());
 		assertEquals(6, inner1.getAge());
 
@@ -271,7 +264,7 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 		TestBean innerFactory = (TestBean) friends[1];
 		assertEquals(DummyFactory.SINGLETON_NAME, innerFactory.getName());
 		TestBean inner5 = (TestBean) friends[2];
-		assertEquals("innerBean", inner5.getBeanName());
+		assertTrue(inner5.getBeanName().startsWith("innerBean"));
 	}
 
 	@Test