diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/Schema.java b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/Schema.java
index b5f862d8f74..1014e5d2c11 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/Schema.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/Schema.java
@@ -1144,6 +1144,11 @@ public boolean hasChild() {
       return this.childs != null && !(this.childs.isEmpty());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Schema getParent() {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Stream<Schema> visitHierarchy() {
       final Stream<Schema> childsStream;
@@ -1188,8 +1193,6 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
       if (!(o instanceof RecordSchema))
         return false;
       RecordSchema that = (RecordSchema) o;
-      if (!equalCachedHash(that))
-        return false;
       if (!equalNames(that))
         return false;
       if (!propsEqual(that))
diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/TestSchema.java b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/TestSchema.java
index c0512415636..5a5971fe5df 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/TestSchema.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/TestSchema.java
@@ -644,4 +644,12 @@ void add_types() {
     assertNotNull(f1);
     assertEquals(schemaRecord1, f1.schema());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void cycleRecord() {
+    String cycledSchema = "  { \"type\": \"record\", \"name\": \"type1\", \n" + "    \"fields\": [\n"
+        + "       { \"name\": \"f1\",  \"type\": {\"type\": \"array\", \"items\": \"type1\" }  }\n" + "    ]\n" + "  }";
+    Schema schema = new Schema.Parser().parse(cycledSchema);
+    Assertions.assertSame(schema, schema.getField("f1").schema().getElementType());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
index 1ae9f0e6788..6df0cf612bf 100644
--- a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
+++ b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
@@ -1412,9 +1412,11 @@ public void setOutputCharacterEncoding(String outputCharacterEncoding) {
     this.outputCharacterEncoding = outputCharacterEncoding;
   }
 
-  public String getSchemaParentClass(boolean isError) {
-    if (isError) {
+  public String getSchemaParentClass(Schema schema) {
+    if (schema.isError()) {
       return this.errorSpecificClass;
+    } else if (schema.getParent() != null) {
+      return schema.getParent().getFullName();
     } else {
       return this.recordSpecificClass;
     }
diff --git a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
index 904ab4a92bc..5d1998787b6 100755
--- a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
+++ b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.message.SchemaStore;
 @$annotation
 #end
 @org.apache.avro.specific.AvroGenerated
-#if ($schema.class.simpleName == "ExtendedRecordSchema")
-public class ${this.mangleTypeIdentifier($schema.getName())} extends ${schema.getParent().getFullName()} implements org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord {
-#else
-public class ${this.mangleTypeIdentifier($schema.getName())} extends ${this.getSchemaParentClass($schema.isError())} implements org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord {
-#end
+public class ${this.mangleTypeIdentifier($schema.getName())} extends ${this.getSchemaParentClass($schema)} implements org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = ${this.fingerprint64($schema)}L;
 
 #set ($schemaString = $this.javaSplit($schema.toString()))