From a7a8a8036a843dd1b2022561bb1376575b180419 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tatu Saloranta <tatu.saloranta@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 14:00:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 .../jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java  | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
index da4c3bddfb..88b0da75ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
@@ -1031,10 +1031,10 @@ private boolean _checkIfCreatorPropertyBased(BeanDescription beanDesc,
                     return true;
                 }
             }
-        }
-        // [databind#3897]: Record canonical constructor will have implicitly named propDef
-        if (propDef != null && !propDef.isExplicitlyNamed() && beanDesc.isRecordType()) {
-            return true;
+            // [databind#3897]: Record canonical constructor will have implicitly named propDef
+            if (!propDef.isExplicitlyNamed() && beanDesc.isRecordType()) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         // in absence of everything else, default to delegating
         return false;