diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessor.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessor.java
index 1d6b5f48eab9..41bf5d4cffac 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessor.java
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ public void setPropertyValues(PropertyValues pvs, boolean ignoreUnknown, boolean
 					// Otherwise, just ignore it and continue...
 				}
 				catch (PropertyAccessException ex) {
+					// never suppress unresolvable LinkageError
+					Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
+					while (cause != null) {
+						if (cause instanceof LinkageError) {
+							throw ex;
+						}
+						cause = cause.getCause();
+					}
 					if (propertyAccessExceptions == null) {
 						propertyAccessExceptions = new ArrayList<>();
 					}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
index 0a81aef4e9fe..791d4a9a7229 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ public Object getSingleton(String beanName, ObjectFactory<?> singletonFactory) {
 	 * @see BeanCreationException#getRelatedCauses()
 	 */
 	protected void onSuppressedException(Exception ex) {
+		// never suppress unresolvable LinkageError during bean creation
+		if (BeanCreationException.class.equals(ex.getClass())) {
+			Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
+			while (cause != null) {
+				if (cause instanceof LinkageError) {
+					throw (BeanCreationException) ex;
+				}
+				cause = cause.getCause();
+			}
+		}
 		synchronized (this.singletonObjects) {
 			if (this.suppressedExceptions != null && this.suppressedExceptions.size() < SUPPRESSED_EXCEPTIONS_LIMIT) {
 				this.suppressedExceptions.add(ex);
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa814c2bbdee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+/**
+ * @author Liu Dongmiao
+ */
+public class ExceptionInInitializerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void checkXml() {
+		try (ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ignored = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("ExceptionInInitializerTests.xml", getClass())) {
+			fail("shouldn't happen");
+		} catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+			checkBeanCreationException(ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void checkAnnotation() {
+		try (AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext()) {
+			context.register(BeanMethodConfiguration.class);
+			context.refresh();
+			fail("shouldn't happen");
+		} catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+			checkBeanCreationException(ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static void checkBeanCreationException(BeanCreationException ex) {
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(baos);
+		ex.printStackTrace(pw);
+		pw.flush();
+		String stackTrace = baos.toString();
+		assertThat(stackTrace.contains(".<clinit>")).isTrue();
+		assertThat(stackTrace.contains("java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError")).isFalse();
+	}
+
+
+	@Configuration
+	static class BeanMethodConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public String foo() {
+			return "foo";
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public AutowiredBean autowiredBean() {
+			return new AutowiredBean();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public SimpleFactoryBean simpleFactoryBean() {
+			SimpleFactoryBean bean = new SimpleFactoryBean();
+			bean.setObjectType(SimpleExceptionInInitializer2.class);
+			return bean;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class AutowiredBean {
+
+		protected String foo;
+
+		@Autowired
+		public void setFoo(String foo) {
+			this.foo = foo;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class SimpleBean {
+
+		protected Class<?> objectType;
+
+		protected Object object;
+
+		public void setObjectType(Class<?> objectType) {
+			this.objectType = objectType;
+			try {
+				this.object = objectType.newInstance();
+			} catch (ReflectiveOperationException ex) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class SimpleFactoryBean extends SimpleBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
+
+		@Override
+		public Object getObject() {
+			return object;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<?> getObjectType() {
+			return objectType;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class SimpleExceptionInInitializer1 {
+
+		private static final int ERROR = callInClinit();
+
+		private static int callInClinit() {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	static class SimpleExceptionInInitializer2 {
+
+		private static final int ERROR = callInClinit();
+
+		private static int callInClinit() {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b41a26f6e482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ExceptionInInitializerTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration.ExceptionInInitializerTests$SimpleBean">
+		<property name="objectType"
+				  value="org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration.ExceptionInInitializerTests$SimpleExceptionInInitializer1" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
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