diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java
index a2cb39cec..2a1101a6f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.retry.support.RetryTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
  * @author Will Tran
  * @author Gang Li
  * @author Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
+ * @author Henning Pöttker
  */
 @AutoConfiguration
 @Conditional(BlockingRestClassesPresentCondition.class)
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ static class DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptorConfig {
 
 		@Bean
 		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-		public DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor deferringLoadBalancerInterceptor(
+		public static DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor deferringLoadBalancerInterceptor(
 				ObjectProvider<BlockingLoadBalancerInterceptor> loadBalancerInterceptorObjectProvider) {
 			return new DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor(loadBalancerInterceptorObjectProvider);
 		}
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ public DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor deferringLoadBalancerInterceptor(
 		@Bean
 		@ConditionalOnBean(DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor.class)
 		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-		LoadBalancerRestClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor lbRestClientPostProcessor(
-				DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor loadBalancerInterceptor, ApplicationContext context) {
+		static LoadBalancerRestClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor lbRestClientPostProcessor(
+				@Lazy DeferringLoadBalancerInterceptor loadBalancerInterceptor, ApplicationContext context) {
 			return new LoadBalancerRestClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor(loadBalancerInterceptor, context);
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/reactive/LoadBalancerBeanPostProcessorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/reactive/LoadBalancerBeanPostProcessorAutoConfiguration.java
index 8e61f33c0..247e577f0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/reactive/LoadBalancerBeanPostProcessorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/reactive/LoadBalancerBeanPostProcessorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
  * beans.
  *
  * @author Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
+ * @author Henning Pöttker
  * @since 2.2.0
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@
 public class LoadBalancerBeanPostProcessorAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
-	public LoadBalancerWebClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor loadBalancerWebClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor(
-			DeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction deferringExchangeFilterFunction, ApplicationContext context) {
+	public static LoadBalancerWebClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor loadBalancerWebClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor(
+			@Lazy DeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction deferringExchangeFilterFunction, ApplicationContext context) {
 		return new LoadBalancerWebClientBuilderBeanPostProcessor(deferringExchangeFilterFunction, context);
 	}
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ protected static class ReactorDeferringLoadBalancerFilterConfig {
 
 		@Bean
 		@Primary
-		DeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction<LoadBalancedExchangeFilterFunction> reactorDeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction(
+		static DeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction<LoadBalancedExchangeFilterFunction> reactorDeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction(
 				ObjectProvider<LoadBalancedExchangeFilterFunction> exchangeFilterFunctionProvider) {
 			return new DeferringLoadBalancerExchangeFilterFunction<>(exchangeFilterFunctionProvider);
 		}