diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
index 1ce93e8caa0..98a73b10c73 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
@@ -130,15 +130,13 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 		if (this.embeddedServletContainer == null && getServletContext() == null) {
 			EmbeddedServletContainerFactory containerFactory = getEmbeddedServletContainerFactory();
 			this.embeddedServletContainer = containerFactory
-					.getEmbdeddedServletContainer(getServletContextInitializers());
+					.getEmbdeddedServletContainer(getSelfInitializer());
 		} else if (getServletContext() != null) {
-			for (ServletContextInitializer initializer : getServletContextInitializers()) {
-				try {
-					initializer.onStartup(getServletContext());
-				} catch (ServletException e) {
-					throw new ApplicationContextException(
-							"Cannot initialize servlet context", e);
-				}
+			try {
+				getSelfInitializer().onStartup(getServletContext());
+			} catch (ServletException e) {
+				throw new ApplicationContextException(
+						"Cannot initialize servlet context", e);
 			}
 		}
 		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerWebApplicationScopes(getBeanFactory(),
@@ -168,16 +166,6 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns all {@link ServletContextInitializer}s that should be applied.
-	 */
-	private ServletContextInitializer[] getServletContextInitializers() {
-		List<ServletContextInitializer> initializers = new ArrayList<ServletContextInitializer>();
-		initializers.add(getSelfInitializer());
-		initializers.addAll(getServletContextInitializerBeans());
-		return initializers.toArray(new ServletContextInitializer[initializers.size()]);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the {@link ServletContextInitializer} that will be used to complete the
 	 * setup of this {@link WebApplicationContext}.
@@ -188,6 +176,9 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 			@Override
 			public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
 				prepareEmbeddedWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
+				for (ServletContextInitializer beans : getServletContextInitializerBeans()) {
+					beans.onStartup(servletContext);
+				}
 			}
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
index b9790247541..4921536be32 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/context/embedded/AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -82,13 +82,12 @@ public class AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void createAndInitializeWithRoot() throws Exception {
+	public void createAndInitializeWithParent() throws Exception {
 		AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext parent = new AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext(
 				EmbeddedContainerConfiguration.class);
 		this.context = new AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext();
 		this.context.register(ServletContextAwareConfiguration.class);
 		this.context.setParent(parent);
-		this.context.setServletContext(parent.getServletContext());
 		this.context.refresh();
 		verifyContext();
 		assertNotNull(this.context.getBean(ServletContextAwareConfiguration.class)