diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.java
index 18f0f02ae6..fcfd0b5164 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/AnnotationIntrospector.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public enum Type {
              * Usually this can be defined by using
              * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonManagedReference}
              */
-            MANAGED_REFERENCE
+            MANAGED_REFERENCE,
 
             /**
              * Reference property that Jackson manages by suppressing it during serialization,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public enum Type {
              * Usually this can be defined by using
              * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonBackReference}
              */
-            ,BACK_REFERENCE
+            BACK_REFERENCE
             ;
         }
 
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 510984a8a8..3f3aff61b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java
@@ -1031,6 +1031,10 @@ private boolean _checkIfCreatorPropertyBased(BeanDescription beanDesc,
                     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;