diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassUtils.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassUtils.java
index ca56adfe1c..d5f71a9fa0 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassUtils.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassUtils.java
@@ -108,22 +108,23 @@ abstract class ConfigurationClassUtils {
 			}
 		}
 
-		Map<String, Object> orderAttributes = metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(Order.class.getName());
-		if (orderAttributes != null) {
-			beanDef.setAttribute(ORDER_ATTRIBUTE, orderAttributes.get(AnnotationUtils.VALUE));
-		}
-
 		if (isFullConfigurationCandidate(metadata)) {
 			beanDef.setAttribute(CONFIGURATION_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE, CONFIGURATION_CLASS_FULL);
-			return true;
 		}
 		else if (isLiteConfigurationCandidate(metadata)) {
 			beanDef.setAttribute(CONFIGURATION_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE, CONFIGURATION_CLASS_LITE);
-			return true;
 		}
 		else {
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		// It's a full or lite configuration candidate... Let's determine the order value, if any.
+		Map<String, Object> orderAttributes = metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(Order.class.getName());
+		if (orderAttributes != null) {
+			beanDef.setAttribute(ORDER_ATTRIBUTE, orderAttributes.get(AnnotationUtils.VALUE));
+		}
+
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ abstract class ConfigurationClassUtils {
 	 * @param beanDef the bean definition to check
 	 * @return the {@link @Order} annotation value on the configuration class,
 	 * or {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE} if none declared
+	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
 	public static int getOrder(BeanDefinition beanDef) {
 		Integer order = (Integer) beanDef.getAttribute(ORDER_ATTRIBUTE);