diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcut.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcut.java
index 5b7bd139982..c7ee4f747d8 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcut.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcut.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParameter;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParser;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutPrimitive;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.ShadowMatch;
+import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.UnsupportedPointcutPrimitiveException;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
 import org.springframework.aop.IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher;
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	@Nullable
 	private transient PointcutExpression pointcutExpression;
 
+	private transient boolean pointcutParsingFailed = false;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new default AspectJExpressionPointcut.
@@ -264,6 +267,10 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean matches(Class<?> targetClass) {
+		if (this.pointcutParsingFailed) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		try {
 			try {
 				return obtainPointcutExpression().couldMatchJoinPointsInType(targetClass);
@@ -277,8 +284,11 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalStateException ex) {
-			throw ex;
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalStateException | UnsupportedPointcutPrimitiveException ex) {
+			this.pointcutParsingFailed = true;
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Pointcut parser rejected expression [" + getExpression() + "]: " + ex);
+			}
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", ex);
diff --git a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
index b851ceb6900..0e93dafdf46 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/AspectJExpressionPointcutTests.java
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ import org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.TestBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.subpkg.DeepBean;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
 
 /**
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Chris Beams
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 class AspectJExpressionPointcutTests {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class AspectJExpressionPointcutTests {
 	@Test
 	void testInvalidExpression() {
 		String expression = "execution(void org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.TestBean.setSomeNumber(Number) && args(Double)";
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> getPointcut(expression).getClassFilter().matches(Object.class));
+		assertThat(getPointcut(expression).getClassFilter().matches(Object.class)).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	private TestBean getAdvisedProxy(String pointcutExpression, CallCountingInterceptor interceptor) {
diff --git a/spring-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AutoProxyWithCodeStyleAspectsTests.java b/spring-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AutoProxyWithCodeStyleAspectsTests.java
index fc4b31714df..a37e1410173 100644
--- a/spring-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AutoProxyWithCodeStyleAspectsTests.java
+++ b/spring-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AutoProxyWithCodeStyleAspectsTests.java
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
 /**
  * @author Adrian Colyer
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  */
 class AutoProxyWithCodeStyleAspectsTests {
 
 	@Test
-	void noAutoproxyingOfAjcCompiledAspects() {
+	void noAutoProxyingOfAjcCompiledAspects() {
 		new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/ajcAutoproxyTests.xml");
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-aspects/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/ajcAutoproxyTests.xml b/spring-aspects/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/ajcAutoproxyTests.xml
index 6be707bf51d..63d6e15591d 100644
--- a/spring-aspects/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/ajcAutoproxyTests.xml
+++ b/spring-aspects/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/ajcAutoproxyTests.xml
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 		xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+		xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
 		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
-				http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop https://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
+				http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop https://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+	   			http://www.springframework.org/schema/context https://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd">
 
 	<aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>
 
-	<bean id="myAspect" class="org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.CodeStyleAspect"
-			factory-method="aspectOf">
+	<context:spring-configured/>
+
+	<bean id="myAspect" class="org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.CodeStyleAspect" factory-method="aspectOf">
 		<property name="foo" value="bar"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="otherBean" class="java.lang.Object"/>
 
+	<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="java.lang.Object"/>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.java
index 91597c9ab85..257b6bf3758 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.java
@@ -28,17 +28,14 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
  *
  * @author Adrian Colyer
  * @author Chris Beams
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  */
 class OverloadedAdviceTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("resource")
-	void testExceptionOnConfigParsingWithMismatchedAdviceMethod() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanCreationException.class)
-			.isThrownBy(() -> new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".xml", getClass()))
-			.havingRootCause()
-				.isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-				.as("invalidAbsoluteTypeName should be detected by AJ").withMessageContaining("invalidAbsoluteTypeName");
+	void testConfigParsingWithMismatchedAdviceMethod() {
+		new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".xml", getClass());
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.xml
index df9bfadc8eb..ae175f39a19 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.xml
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/aop/aspectj/OverloadedAdviceTests.xml
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
 
 	<bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.TestBean"/>
 
+	<bean id="testBean2" class="org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.TestBean"/>
+
 </beans>
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