Before Advice is not working for @ModelAttribute annotated method

Below is the advice and pointcut that I have applied for presentation layer.

Code:

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@Pointcut("!@annotation(org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute) && (execution(* com.abcd.cp.presentation..*.*(..)))")
        private void loggingOperation() {}
       
        @Before("loggingOperation()")
        public void logBefore(JoinPoint joinPoint) {
                log.info("The Method " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName() + "() in Target Class "
                                + joinPoint.getTarget().getClass().getName() + " Starts execution");
        }

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Here after advice is working fine but before advice is not working for @ModelAttribute annotated method.

Code:

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        @SuppressWarnings( { "unused" })
        @ModelAttribute(COUNTRY_LIST)
        private List<Country> getCountryList() throws SystemException, PortalException {
                return userService.getCountryList();
        }

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I am using 1.6.4 version of AspectJ and 3.1 version of Spring AOP. When getCountryList method is called userService object is null. If I remove before advice then this is working fine.