diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.java
index 3c2ca2dc4c7f..3397069f8ca2 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.asm.Type;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@
 @Deprecated
 abstract class AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils {
 
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AnnotationReadingVisitorUtils.class);
+
 	public static AnnotationAttributes convertClassValues(Object annotatedElement,
 			@Nullable ClassLoader classLoader, AnnotationAttributes original, boolean classValuesAsString) {
 
@@ -94,7 +99,8 @@ else if (value instanceof Class[]) {
 				}
 				entry.setValue(value);
 			}
-			catch (Throwable ex) {
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				logger.warn("Cannot convert class values", ex);
 				// Class not found - can't resolve class reference in annotation attribute.
 				result.put(entry.getKey(), ex);
 			}