diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationTypeMappings.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationTypeMappings.java
index e6fee398763e..e60231ed6dab 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationTypeMappings.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationTypeMappings.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ private void addIfPossible(Deque<AnnotationTypeMapping> queue, @Nullable Annotat
 			queue.addLast(new AnnotationTypeMapping(source, annotationType, ann));
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
-			if (ex instanceof AnnotationConfigurationException) {
-				throw (AnnotationConfigurationException) ex;
-			}
+			AnnotationUtils.rethrowAnnotationConfigurationException(ex);
 			if (failureLogger.isEnabled()) {
 				failureLogger.log("Failed to introspect meta-annotation " + annotationType.getName(),
 						(source != null ? source.getAnnotationType() : null), ex);
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
index f80d0c7c335c..b7f7f959fd15 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ public static Object getValue(@Nullable Annotation annotation, @Nullable String
 	 * <p>Otherwise, this method does nothing.
 	 * @param ex the throwable to inspect
 	 */
-	private static void rethrowAnnotationConfigurationException(Throwable ex) {
+	static void rethrowAnnotationConfigurationException(Throwable ex) {
 		if (ex instanceof AnnotationConfigurationException) {
 			throw (AnnotationConfigurationException) ex;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/TypeMappedAnnotation.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/TypeMappedAnnotation.java
index b2939c59dcdc..8975dc3f63ee 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/TypeMappedAnnotation.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/TypeMappedAnnotation.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -672,9 +672,7 @@ private static <A extends Annotation> TypeMappedAnnotation<A> createIfPossible(
 					valueExtractor, aggregateIndex);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
-			if (ex instanceof AnnotationConfigurationException) {
-				throw (AnnotationConfigurationException) ex;
-			}
+			AnnotationUtils.rethrowAnnotationConfigurationException(ex);
 			if (logger.isEnabled()) {
 				String type = mapping.getAnnotationType().getName();
 				String item = (mapping.getDistance() == 0 ? "annotation " + type :