diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/JavaBeanBinder.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/JavaBeanBinder.java
index 4134cc58e45..44af3130863 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/JavaBeanBinder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/JavaBeanBinder.java
@@ -392,11 +392,9 @@ class JavaBeanBinder implements DataObjectBinder {
 		}
 
 		private boolean isUninitializedKotlinProperty(Exception ex) {
-			if (ex instanceof InvocationTargetException ite) {
-				return "kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException"
-					.equals(ite.getTargetException().getClass().getName());
-			}
-			return false;
+			return (ex instanceof InvocationTargetException invocationTargetException)
+					&& "kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException"
+						.equals(invocationTargetException.getTargetException().getClass().getName());
 		}
 
 		boolean isSettable() {
diff --git a/spring-boot-system-tests/spring-boot-image-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/image/assertions/ContainerConfigAssert.java b/spring-boot-system-tests/spring-boot-image-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/image/assertions/ContainerConfigAssert.java
index e8dffb4b163..3c0368813bf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-system-tests/spring-boot-image-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/image/assertions/ContainerConfigAssert.java
+++ b/spring-boot-system-tests/spring-boot-image-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/image/assertions/ContainerConfigAssert.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.image.assertions;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -106,8 +107,14 @@ public class ContainerConfigAssert extends AbstractAssert<ContainerConfigAssert,
 			return this.actual.extractingJsonPathArrayValue("$.processes[?(@.type=='%s')]", type)
 				.singleElement()
 				.extracting("command", "args")
-				.flatMap((list) -> (list != null) ? ((List<?>) list).stream().map(Objects::toString).toList()
-						: Collections.emptyList());
+				.flatMap(this::getArgs);
+		}
+
+		private Collection<String> getArgs(Object obj) {
+			if (obj instanceof List<?> list) {
+				return list.stream().map(Objects::toString).toList();
+			}
+			return Collections.emptyList();
 		}
 
 	}