diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.java
index 979d6c32f40f..f89e0399ae1d 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.java
@@ -171,26 +171,18 @@ protected TransactionAttribute computeTransactionAttribute(Method method, @Nulla
 		// If the target class is null, the method will be unchanged.
 		Method specificMethod = AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass);
 
-		// First try is the method in the target class.
+		// First try is the method in the declaring class.
 		TransactionAttribute txAttr = findTransactionAttribute(specificMethod);
 		if (txAttr != null) {
 			return txAttr;
 		}
 
-		// Second try is the transaction attribute on the declaring class.
-		txAttr = findTransactionAttribute(specificMethod.getDeclaringClass());
+		// Second try is the transaction attribute on the target class.
+		txAttr = findTransactionAttribute(targetClass != null ? targetClass : specificMethod.getDeclaringClass());
 		if (txAttr != null && ClassUtils.isUserLevelMethod(method)) {
 			return txAttr;
 		}
 
-		// Third try is the transaction attribute on the target class.
-		if (targetClass != null) {
-			txAttr = findTransactionAttribute(targetClass);
-			if (txAttr != null && ClassUtils.isUserLevelMethod(method)) {
-				return txAttr;
-			}
-		}
-
 		if (specificMethod != method) {
 			// Fallback is to look at the original method.
 			txAttr = findTransactionAttribute(method);