diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfiguration.java
index 586dc3cdad4c..5dee07477d3b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Hooks;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.LazyInitializationExcludeFilter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for Reactor.
@@ -40,4 +42,9 @@ public class ReactorAutoConfiguration {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	static LazyInitializationExcludeFilter reactorAutoConfigurationLazyInitializationExcludeFilter() {
+		return LazyInitializationExcludeFilter.forBeanTypes(ReactorAutoConfiguration.class);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 39222efc78ab..d7ffd4192fa8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/reactor/ReactorAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.LazyInitializationBeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 
@@ -90,4 +91,19 @@ void shouldConfigurePropagationIfSetToAuto() {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldConfigurePropagationIfSetToAutoAndLazyInitializationIsEnabled() {
+		AtomicReference<String> threadLocalValue = new AtomicReference<>();
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.reactor.context-propagation=AUTO")
+			.withInitializer((applicationContext) -> applicationContext
+				.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(new LazyInitializationBeanFactoryPostProcessor()))
+			.run((applicationContext) -> {
+				Mono.just("test")
+					.doOnNext((element) -> threadLocalValue.set(THREADLOCAL_VALUE.get()))
+					.contextWrite(Context.of(THREADLOCAL_KEY, "updated"))
+					.block();
+				assertThat(threadLocalValue.get()).isEqualTo("updated");
+			});
+	}
+
 }