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 3e7fc52fb0..18aaa23d03 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
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 		this.typeConverter = typeConverter;
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Given a PropertyValue, return a value, resolving any references to other
 	 * beans in the factory if necessary. The value could be:
@@ -123,7 +124,9 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 		else if (value instanceof BeanDefinition) {
 			// Resolve plain BeanDefinition, without contained name: use dummy name.
 			BeanDefinition bd = (BeanDefinition) value;
-			return resolveInnerBean(argName, "(inner bean)", bd);
+			String innerBeanName = "(inner bean)" + BeanFactoryUtils.GENERATED_BEAN_NAME_SEPARATOR +
+					ObjectUtils.getIdentityHexString(bd);
+			return resolveInnerBean(argName, innerBeanName, bd);
 		}
 		else if (value instanceof ManagedArray) {
 			// May need to resolve contained runtime references.
@@ -256,20 +259,25 @@ 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 = adaptInnerBeanName(innerBeanName);
+			String actualInnerBeanName = innerBeanName;
+			if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
+				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) {
 				for (String dependsOnBean : dependsOn) {
-					this.beanFactory.getBean(dependsOnBean);
 					this.beanFactory.registerDependentBean(dependsOnBean, actualInnerBeanName);
+					this.beanFactory.getBean(dependsOnBean);
 				}
 			}
+			// Actually create the inner bean instance now...
 			Object innerBean = this.beanFactory.createBean(actualInnerBeanName, mbd, null);
 			if (innerBean instanceof FactoryBean) {
 				boolean synthetic = mbd.isSynthetic();
-				return this.beanFactory.getObjectFromFactoryBean((FactoryBean<?>) innerBean, actualInnerBeanName, !synthetic);
+				return this.beanFactory.getObjectFromFactoryBean(
+						(FactoryBean<?>) innerBean, actualInnerBeanName, !synthetic);
 			}
 			else {
 				return innerBean;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-reftypes.xml b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-reftypes.xml
index f8e3280906..2f369564bf 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-reftypes.xml
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-reftypes.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@
 		</constructor-arg>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="hasInnerBeansAsPrototype" class="org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean" scope="prototype">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean id="innerBean" class="org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean" destroy-method="destroy">
+				<constructor-arg><value>inner1</value></constructor-arg>
+				<constructor-arg type="int"><value>6</value></constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
 	<bean id="hasInnerBeansWithoutDestroy" class="org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean">
 		<constructor-arg><value>hasInner</value></constructor-arg>
 		<constructor-arg index="1" type="int"><value>5</value></constructor-arg>
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 80ee4cea68..a095869e3d 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
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import java.net.URL;
 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;
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 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.*;
@@ -229,6 +228,20 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals("inner1", innerForConstructor.getName());
 		assertEquals(6, innerForConstructor.getAge());
 
+		hasInnerBeansForConstructor = (TestBean) xbf.getBean("hasInnerBeansAsPrototype");
+		innerForConstructor = (TestBean) hasInnerBeansForConstructor.getSpouse();
+		assertNotNull(innerForConstructor);
+		assertEquals("innerBean", innerForConstructor.getBeanName());
+		assertEquals("inner1", innerForConstructor.getName());
+		assertEquals(6, innerForConstructor.getAge());
+
+		hasInnerBeansForConstructor = (TestBean) xbf.getBean("hasInnerBeansAsPrototype");
+		innerForConstructor = (TestBean) hasInnerBeansForConstructor.getSpouse();
+		assertNotNull(innerForConstructor);
+		assertEquals("innerBean", innerForConstructor.getBeanName());
+		assertEquals("inner1", innerForConstructor.getName());
+		assertEquals(6, innerForConstructor.getAge());
+
 		xbf.destroySingletons();
 		assertTrue(inner1.wasDestroyed());
 		assertTrue(inner2.wasDestroyed());