diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLErrorCodesFactory.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLErrorCodesFactory.java
index 6657190455..4b984e7f57 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLErrorCodesFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLErrorCodesFactory.java
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ public class SQLErrorCodesFactory {
 	 * @see #loadResource(String)
 	 */
 	protected SQLErrorCodesFactory() {
-		Map<String, SQLErrorCodes> errorCodes = null;
+		Map<String, SQLErrorCodes> errorCodes;
 
 		try {
 			DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+			lbf.setBeanClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader());
 			XmlBeanDefinitionReader bdr = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(lbf);
 
 			// Load default SQL error codes.