diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyValue.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyValue.java
index feecaf0e59..b2058a2ae1 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyValue.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyValue.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri
 	volatile Boolean conversionNecessary;
 
 	/** Package-visible field for caching the resolved property path tokens */
-	volatile Object resolvedTokens;
+	transient volatile Object resolvedTokens;
 
 	/** Package-visible field for caching the resolved PropertyDescriptor */
-	volatile PropertyDescriptor resolvedDescriptor;
+	transient volatile PropertyDescriptor resolvedDescriptor;
 
 
 	/**