diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem.java
index 2e7bc1754e7cb2..45f91bbe407468 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.arc.deployment;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -27,11 +28,15 @@ public final class TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem
     }
 
     public Collection<AnnotationInstance> getAnnotations(AnnotationTarget target) {
-        return beanDeployment.getAnnotations(target);
+        return queryAndConditionallyFilter(target);
     }
 
     public AnnotationInstance getAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, DotName annotationName) {
-        return beanDeployment.getAnnotation(target, annotationName);
+        if (target.kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)) {
+            return queryForMethodParam(target, annotationName);
+        } else {
+            return beanDeployment.getAnnotation(target, annotationName);
+        }
     }
 
     public AnnotationInstance getAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass) {
@@ -39,7 +44,11 @@ public AnnotationInstance getAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, Class<? extends
     }
 
     public boolean hasAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, DotName annotationName) {
-        return beanDeployment.hasAnnotation(target, annotationName);
+        if (target.kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)) {
+            return queryForMethodParam(target, annotationName) == null ? false : true;
+        } else {
+            return beanDeployment.hasAnnotation(target, annotationName);
+        }
     }
 
     public boolean hasAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass) {
@@ -48,7 +57,39 @@ public boolean hasAnnotation(AnnotationTarget target, Class<? extends Annotation
 
     @Override
     public Collection<AnnotationInstance> apply(AnnotationTarget target) {
-        return beanDeployment.getAnnotations(target);
+        return queryAndConditionallyFilter(target);
     }
 
+    private Collection<AnnotationInstance> queryAndConditionallyFilter(AnnotationTarget target) {
+        if (target.kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)) {
+            // We cannot query Jandex for method param. annotation target, so we operate on the whole method
+            // and filter results accordingly
+            Collection<AnnotationInstance> result = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (AnnotationInstance instance : beanDeployment.getAnnotations(target.asMethodParameter().method())) {
+                if (instance.target().kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)
+                        && instance.target().asMethodParameter().position() == target.asMethodParameter().position()) {
+                    result.add(instance);
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        } else {
+            return beanDeployment.getAnnotations(target);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private AnnotationInstance queryForMethodParam(AnnotationTarget target, DotName annotationName) {
+        if (!target.kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem#queryForMethodParam needs to operate on METHOD_PARAMETER AnnotationTarget");
+        }
+        // We cannot query Jandex for method param. annotation target, so we operate on the whole method
+        // and filter results accordingly
+        AnnotationInstance instance = beanDeployment.getAnnotation(target.asMethodParameter().method(), annotationName);
+        if (instance.target().kind().equals(AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER)
+                && instance.target().asMethodParameter().position() == target.asMethodParameter().position()) {
+            return instance;
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/deployment/WiringHelper.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/deployment/WiringHelper.java
index 4202be7d67d666..b42927e3277718 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/deployment/WiringHelper.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/deployment/WiringHelper.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
-import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationTarget;
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
 import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
@@ -264,21 +263,13 @@ static boolean isSynthetic(MethodInfo method) {
     static Optional<AnnotationInstance> getAnnotation(TransformedAnnotationsBuildItem transformedAnnotations,
             InjectionPointInfo injectionPoint,
             DotName annotationName) {
-        // Query annotations for either field, or whole method
-        AnnotationTarget annotationTarget = injectionPoint.isField() ? injectionPoint.getAnnotationTarget()
-                : injectionPoint.getAnnotationTarget().asMethodParameter().method();
-        Collection<AnnotationInstance> annotations = transformedAnnotations.getAnnotations(annotationTarget);
+        // For field IP -> set of field annotations
+        // For method param IP -> set of param annotations
+        Collection<AnnotationInstance> annotations = transformedAnnotations
+                .getAnnotations(injectionPoint.getAnnotationTarget());
         for (AnnotationInstance annotation : annotations) {
             if (annotationName.equals(annotation.name())) {
-                // For method parameter we must check the position
-                if (annotation.target().kind() == AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER
-                        && injectionPoint.isParam()
-                        && annotation.target().asMethodParameter().position() == injectionPoint.getPosition()) {
-                    return Optional.of(annotation);
-                } else if (annotation.target().kind() != AnnotationTarget.Kind.METHOD_PARAMETER) {
-                    // For other kind, no need to check anything else
-                    return Optional.of(annotation);
-                }
+                return Optional.of(annotation);
             }
         }
         return Optional.empty();