diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
index fc0387662190..665932fef383 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireUtils.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * @param constructors the constructor array to sort
 	 */
 	public static void sortConstructors(Constructor<?>[] constructors) {
-		Arrays.sort(constructors, EXECUTABLE_COMPARATOR);
+		if (constructors.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(constructors, EXECUTABLE_COMPARATOR);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ public static void sortConstructors(Constructor<?>[] constructors) {
 	 * @param factoryMethods the factory method array to sort
 	 */
 	public static void sortFactoryMethods(Method[] factoryMethods) {
-		Arrays.sort(factoryMethods, EXECUTABLE_COMPARATOR);
+		if (factoryMethods.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(factoryMethods, EXECUTABLE_COMPARATOR);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/PropertyComparator.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/PropertyComparator.java
index ad0c58bbcdbe..09ba3f028073 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/PropertyComparator.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/PropertyComparator.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public static void sort(List<?> source, SortDefinition sortDefinition) throws Be
 	 * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException in case of a missing propertyName
 	 */
 	public static void sort(Object[] source, SortDefinition sortDefinition) throws BeansException {
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(sortDefinition.getProperty())) {
+		if (source.length > 1 && StringUtils.hasText(sortDefinition.getProperty())) {
 			Arrays.sort(source, new PropertyComparator<>(sortDefinition));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cglib/core/EmitUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cglib/core/EmitUtils.java
index 1ff41efbba46..37ae3e084d1f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cglib/core/EmitUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cglib/core/EmitUtils.java
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ static int[] getSwitchKeys(Map buckets) {
         for (Iterator it = buckets.keySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
             keys[index++] = ((Integer)it.next());
         }
-        Arrays.sort(keys);
+        if (keys.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(keys);
+		}
         return keys;
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AttributeMethods.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AttributeMethods.java
index d805bfaa3d6f..f0c2b5f63544 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AttributeMethods.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AttributeMethods.java
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ private static AttributeMethods compute(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationTy
 		if (size == 0) {
 			return NONE;
 		}
-		Arrays.sort(methods, methodComparator);
+		if (methods.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(methods, methodComparator);
+		}
 		Method[] attributeMethods = Arrays.copyOf(methods, size);
 		return new AttributeMethods(annotationType, attributeMethods);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/PackagesAnnotationFilter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/PackagesAnnotationFilter.java
index 2e82f189dc13..0cf06ecdf2ce 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/PackagesAnnotationFilter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/PackagesAnnotationFilter.java
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ final class PackagesAnnotationFilter implements AnnotationFilter {
 			Assert.hasText(pkg, "Packages array must not have empty elements");
 			this.prefixes[i] = pkg + ".";
 		}
-		Arrays.sort(this.prefixes);
+		if (this.prefixes.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(this.prefixes);
+		}
 		this.hashCode = Arrays.hashCode(this.prefixes);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
index 4accef594205..8e525c543acf 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -1028,7 +1028,9 @@ public static String[] sortStringArray(String[] array) {
 			return array;
 		}
 
-		Arrays.sort(array);
+		if (array.length > 1) {
+			Arrays.sort(array);
+		}
 		return array;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
index d5039e6a604c..118900f0bc4b 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveConstructorResolver.java
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ public class ReflectiveConstructorResolver implements ConstructorResolver {
 			Class<?> type = context.getTypeLocator().findType(typeName);
 			Constructor<?>[] ctors = type.getConstructors();
 
-			Arrays.sort(ctors, Comparator.comparingInt(Constructor::getParameterCount));
+			if (ctors.length > 1) {
+				Arrays.sort(ctors, Comparator.comparingInt(Constructor::getParameterCount));
+			}
 
 			Constructor<?> closeMatch = null;
 			Constructor<?> matchRequiringConversion = null;
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
index af16393aee6c..1ab206cbbb4b 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ public void write(EvaluationContext context, @Nullable Object target, String nam
 	private Method[] getSortedMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
 		return this.sortedMethodsCache.computeIfAbsent(clazz, key -> {
 			Method[] methods = key.getMethods();
-			Arrays.sort(methods, (o1, o2) -> (o1.isBridge() == o2.isBridge() ? 0 : (o1.isBridge() ? 1 : -1)));
+			if (methods.length > 1) {
+				Arrays.sort(methods, (o1, o2) -> (o1.isBridge() == o2.isBridge() ? 0 : (o1.isBridge() ? 1 : -1)));
+			}
 			return methods;
 		});
 	}