diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor.java
index d4675d2c032..3912156671b 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor.java
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 						actualName = propertyName.substring(0, keyStart);
 					}
 					String key = propertyName.substring(keyStart + PROPERTY_KEY_PREFIX.length(), keyEnd);
-					if (key.length() > 1 && (key.startsWith("'") && key.endsWith("'")) ||
-							(key.startsWith("\"") && key.endsWith("\""))) {
+					if (key.length() > 1 && ((key.startsWith("'") && key.endsWith("'")) ||
+							(key.startsWith("\"") && key.endsWith("\"")))) {
 						key = key.substring(1, key.length() - 1);
 					}
 					keys.add(key);
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtils.java
index 4a14b85ca4b..f527f83bd93 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtils.java
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ public abstract class PropertyAccessorUtils {
 						PropertyAccessor.PROPERTY_KEY_SUFFIX, keyStart + PropertyAccessor.PROPERTY_KEY_PREFIX.length());
 				if (keyEnd != -1) {
 					String key = sb.substring(keyStart + PropertyAccessor.PROPERTY_KEY_PREFIX.length(), keyEnd);
-					if ((key.startsWith("'") && key.endsWith("'")) || (key.startsWith("\"") && key.endsWith("\""))) {
+					if (key.length() > 1 && ((key.startsWith("'") && key.endsWith("'")) ||
+							(key.startsWith("\"") && key.endsWith("\"")))) {
 						sb.delete(keyStart + 1, keyStart + 2);
 						sb.delete(keyEnd - 2, keyEnd - 1);
 						keyEnd = keyEnd - 2;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessorTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessorTests.java
index 3bb83600abb..e6a17ddd2c5 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractPropertyAccessorTests.java
@@ -1413,6 +1413,8 @@ abstract class AbstractPropertyAccessorTests {
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("map[key5[foo]].name")).isEqualTo("name8");
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("map['key5[foo]'].name")).isEqualTo("name8");
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("map[\"key5[foo]\"].name")).isEqualTo("name8");
+		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("map['].name")).isEqualTo("name9");
+		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("map[\"].name")).isEqualTo("name9");
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("iterableMap[key1].name")).isEqualTo("nameC");
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("iterableMap[key2][0].name")).isEqualTo("nameA");
 		assertThat(accessor.getPropertyValue("iterableMap[key2][1].name")).isEqualTo("nameB");
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtilsTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtilsTests.java
index 012aa731eb8..0af975de003 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/PropertyAccessorUtilsTests.java
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ class PropertyAccessorUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map[key1].name")).isEqualTo("map[key1].name");
 		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map['key1'].name")).isEqualTo("map[key1].name");
 		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map[\"key1\"].name")).isEqualTo("map[key1].name");
+		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map['key1]")).isEqualTo("map['key1]");
+		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map[\"key1]")).isEqualTo("map[\"key1]");
+		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map[']")).isEqualTo("map[']");
+		assertThat(PropertyAccessorUtils.canonicalPropertyName("map[\"]")).isEqualTo("map[\"]");
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/beans/testfixture/beans/IndexedTestBean.java b/spring-beans/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/beans/testfixture/beans/IndexedTestBean.java
index 5de9303787d..ffcfa287e5b 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/beans/testfixture/beans/IndexedTestBean.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/beans/testfixture/beans/IndexedTestBean.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class IndexedTestBean {
 		TestBean tb6 = new TestBean("name6", 0);
 		TestBean tb7 = new TestBean("name7", 0);
 		TestBean tb8 = new TestBean("name8", 0);
+		TestBean tb9 = new TestBean("name9", 0);
 		TestBean tbA = new TestBean("nameA", 0);
 		TestBean tbB = new TestBean("nameB", 0);
 		TestBean tbC = new TestBean("nameC", 0);
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ public class IndexedTestBean {
 		list.add(tbY);
 		this.map.put("key4", list);
 		this.map.put("key5[foo]", tb8);
+		this.map.put("'", tb9);
+		this.map.put("\"", tb9);
 		this.myTestBeans = new MyTestBeans(tbZ);
 	}