diff --git a/projects/Mockito/8/org/mockito/internal/util/reflection/GenericMetadataSupport.java b/projects/Mockito/8/org/mockito/internal/util/reflection/GenericMetadataSupport.java
index 152e942..8046052 100644
--- a/projects/Mockito/8/org/mockito/internal/util/reflection/GenericMetadataSupport.java
+++ b/projects/Mockito/8/org/mockito/internal/util/reflection/GenericMetadataSupport.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected void registerTypeVariablesOn(Type classType) {
 
             if (actualTypeArgument instanceof WildcardType) {
                 contextualActualTypeParameters.put(typeParameter, boundsOf((WildcardType) actualTypeArgument));
-            } else {
+            } else if (typeParameter != actualTypeArgument) {
                 contextualActualTypeParameters.put(typeParameter, actualTypeArgument);
             }
             // logger.log("For '" + parameterizedType + "' found type variable : { '" + typeParameter + "(" + System.identityHashCode(typeParameter) + ")" + "' : '" + actualTypeArgument + "(" + System.identityHashCode(typeParameter) + ")" + "' }");