diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
index 9fa624f480..d166dae8c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
@@ -1206,10 +1206,9 @@ public KeyDeserializer createKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt,
             JavaType type)
     {
         final DeserializationConfig config = ctxt.getConfig();
-        BeanDescription beanDesc = null;
+        final BeanDescription beanDesc = ctxt.introspectBeanDescription(type);
         KeyDeserializer deser = null;
         if (_factoryConfig.hasKeyDeserializers()) {
-            beanDesc = ctxt.introspectBeanDescription(type);
             for (KeyDeserializers d  : _factoryConfig.keyDeserializers()) {
                 deser = d.findKeyDeserializer(type, config, beanDesc);
                 if (deser != null) {
@@ -1221,9 +1220,6 @@ public KeyDeserializer createKeyDeserializer(DeserializationContext ctxt,
         // the only non-standard thing is this:
         if (deser == null) {
             // [databind#2452]: Support `@JsonDeserialize(keyUsing = ...)`
-            if (beanDesc == null) {
-                beanDesc = ctxt.introspectBeanDescription(type);
-            }
             deser = findKeyDeserializerFromAnnotation(ctxt, beanDesc.getClassInfo());
             if (deser == null) {
                 if (type.isEnumType()) {