diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
index 3b0dd4ccbdd4..ef9a3a94145a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ private void addOrUpdatePropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor pd, String propert
 					}
 				}
 				// update the existing descriptor's write method
-				if (writeMethod != null) {
+				if (writeMethod != null
+						&& !(existingPD instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor &&
+								!writeMethod.getParameterTypes()[0].isArray())) {
 					existingPD.setWriteMethod(writeMethod);
 				}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
index 8111fdb237d4..ea4e783305ce 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
@@ -742,16 +742,28 @@ public boolean isTargetMethod() {
 		assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "targetMethod"), is(false));
 	}
 
-	static class X {
-		public boolean isTargetMethod() {
-			return false;
+	@Test
+	public void cornerSpr8937() throws IntrospectionException {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused") class A {
+			public void setAddress(String addr){ }
+			public void setAddress(int index, String addr) { }
+			public String getAddress(int index){ return null; }
 		}
-	}
 
-	static class Y extends X {
-		@Override
-		public boolean isTargetMethod() {
-			return false;
+		{ // baseline. ExtendedBeanInfo needs to behave exactly like the following
+			BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(A.class);
+			assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
+			assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
+			assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
+			assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
+		}
+		{
+			ExtendedBeanInfo bi = new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(A.class));
+			assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
+			assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
+			assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
+			assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
 		}
 	}
+
 }