diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2045ff343a..be2310ce6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 target
+.gradle
+build/
+*.ipr
+*.iml
+*.iws
+intellij/
 .settings
 .classpath
 .project
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/ProtectPointcutPostProcessor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/ProtectPointcutPostProcessor.java
index 92a9b9cc1f..2bd026a8dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/ProtectPointcutPostProcessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/intercept/method/ProtectPointcutPostProcessor.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public final class ProtectPointcutPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
     private Map pointcutMap = new LinkedHashMap(); /** Key: string-based pointcut, value: ConfigAttributeDefinition */
     private MapBasedMethodDefinitionSource mapBasedMethodDefinitionSource;
     private PointcutParser parser;
+    private final Set processedBeans = new HashSet();
 
     public ProtectPointcutPostProcessor(MapBasedMethodDefinitionSource mapBasedMethodDefinitionSource) {
         Assert.notNull(mapBasedMethodDefinitionSource, "MapBasedMethodDefinitionSource to populate is required");
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ public final class ProtectPointcutPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
     }
 
     public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        if (processedBeans.contains(beanName)) {
+            // We already have the metadata for this bean
+            return bean;
+        }
+
         // Obtain methods for the present bean
         Method[] methods;
         try {
@@ -110,6 +116,8 @@ public final class ProtectPointcutPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
             }
         }
 
+        processedBeans.add(beanName);
+
         return bean;
     }