diff --git a/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/properties/ReflectionUtil.java b/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/properties/ReflectionUtil.java
index 974fffffd7..e20c49d415 100644
--- a/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/properties/ReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/properties/ReflectionUtil.java
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ public final class ReflectionUtil {
                     } else {
                         try {
                             Object val = getterMethods[i].invoke(targetObject, null);
-                            if (val != null) {
+//                            if (val != null && val != targetObject) {
+                            if (val != null ) {
                                 props.putAll(retrieveClassProperties(propertyName + ".", val.getClass(), val));
                             }
                         } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
diff --git a/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/ReflectionUtilTest.java b/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/ReflectionUtilTest.java
index 3f219b7d2f..8542aee261 100644
--- a/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/ReflectionUtilTest.java
+++ b/activemq-tooling/activemq-perf-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/tool/ReflectionUtilTest.java
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ public class ReflectionUtilTest extends TestCase {
         public void setTestData(TestClass3 testData) {
             this.testData = testData;
         }
+
+        public TestClass3 getRecursiveData() {
+            return this;
+        }
     }
 
     public class TestClass4 {