diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/support/Repositories.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/support/Repositories.java
index fb1e4ac855..74b5ae5742 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/support/Repositories.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/support/Repositories.java
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ private void cacheFirstOrPrimary(Class<?> type, RepositoryFactoryInformation inf
 				return null;
 			});
 
-			Boolean presentAndPrimary = factoryToUse.map(it -> it.getBeanDefinition(name)) //
+			Boolean presentAndPrimary = factoryToUse.map(it -> it.getMergedBeanDefinition(name)) //
 					.map(BeanDefinition::isPrimary) //
 					.orElse(false);