diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 17669bdada..f20c97f0ba 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 
 2.9.9.1 (03-Jul-2019)
 
+#2331: `JsonMappingException` through nested getter with generic wildcard return type
 #2334: Block one more gadget type (CVE-2019-12384)
 #2341: Block one more gadget type (CVE-2019-12814)
 #2374: `ObjectMapper. getRegisteredModuleIds()` throws NPE if no modules registered
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/ResolvedRecursiveType.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/ResolvedRecursiveType.java
index d45e1d6fa6..7a697442fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/ResolvedRecursiveType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/ResolvedRecursiveType.java
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public JavaType getSuperClass() {
 
     public JavaType getSelfReferencedType() { return _referencedType; }
 
+    // 23-Jul-2019, tatu: [databind#2331] Need to also delegate this...
+    @Override
+    public TypeBindings getBindings() {
+        return _referencedType.getBindings();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public StringBuilder getGenericSignature(StringBuilder sb) {
         return _referencedType.getGenericSignature(sb);