diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroSerializerModifier.java b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroSerializerModifier.java
index d900eb503..05c26b495 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroSerializerModifier.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroSerializerModifier.java
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ public List<BeanPropertyWriter> changeProperties(SerializationConfig config,
             Iterator<BeanPropertyWriter> it = beanProperties.iterator();
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 BeanPropertyWriter prop = it.next();
-                if ("schema".equals(prop.getName())) {
+                if ("schema".equals(prop.getName()) || "specificData".equals(prop.getName())) {
                     it.remove();
-                    break;
                 }
             }
         }