diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectView.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectView.java
index f6aff1a0d87..6b2b4c6997f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectView.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectView.java
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils;
  * <p>View that redirects to an absolute, context relative, or current request
  * relative URL. The URL may be a URI template in which case the URI template 
  * variables will be replaced with values available in the model. By default 
- * all primitive model attributes (or collections thereof), not used as URI
- * template variables, are exposed as HTTP query parameters, but this  
- * behavior can be changed by overriding the 
+ * all primitive model attributes (or collections thereof) are exposed as HTTP 
+ * query parameters (assuming they've not been used as URI template variables), 
+ * but this behavior can be changed by overriding the 
  * {@link #isEligibleProperty(String, Object)} method.
  * 
  * <p>A URL for this view is supposed to be a HTTP redirect URL, i.e.
@@ -264,11 +264,14 @@ public class RedirectView extends AbstractUrlBasedView {
 
 		FlashMap flashMap = RequestContextUtils.getFlashMap(request);
 		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(flashMap)) {
-			flashMap.setExpectedUrl(request, targetUrl.toString()).setExpectedRequestParams(model);
+			flashMap.setExpectedUrlPath(request, targetUrl.toString());
 		}
-		
+
 		if (this.exposeModelAttributes) {
 			appendQueryProperties(targetUrl, model, enc);
+			if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(flashMap)) {
+				flashMap.setExpectedRequestParams(model);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return targetUrl.toString();
@@ -468,14 +471,22 @@ public class RedirectView extends AbstractUrlBasedView {
 			HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String targetUrl, boolean http10Compatible)
 			throws IOException {
 
+		String encodedRedirectURL = response.encodeRedirectURL(targetUrl);
+		
 		if (http10Compatible) {
-			// Always send status code 302.
-			response.sendRedirect(response.encodeRedirectURL(targetUrl));
+			if (this.statusCode != null) {
+				response.setStatus(this.statusCode.value());
+				response.setHeader("Location", encodedRedirectURL);
+			}
+			else {
+				// Send status code 302 by default.
+				response.sendRedirect(encodedRedirectURL);
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			HttpStatus statusCode = getHttp11StatusCode(request, response, targetUrl);
 			response.setStatus(statusCode.value());
-			response.setHeader("Location", response.encodeRedirectURL(targetUrl));
+			response.setHeader("Location", encodedRedirectURL);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectViewTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectViewTests.java
index e2ec8dbd7a0..cae4242f14f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectViewTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/RedirectViewTests.java
@@ -69,20 +69,32 @@ public class RedirectViewTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void explicitStatusCode() throws Exception {
+	public void explicitStatusCodeHttp11() throws Exception {
 		RedirectView rv = new RedirectView();
 		rv.setUrl("http://url.somewhere.com");
 		rv.setHttp10Compatible(false);
-		rv.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+		rv.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
 		rv.render(new HashMap<String, Object>(), request, response);
-		assertEquals(201, response.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(301, response.getStatus());
 		assertEquals("http://url.somewhere.com", response.getHeader("Location"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void attributeStatusCode() throws Exception {
+	public void explicitStatusCodeHttp10() throws Exception {
+		RedirectView rv = new RedirectView();
+		rv.setUrl("http://url.somewhere.com");
+		rv.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		rv.render(new HashMap<String, Object>(), request, response);
+		assertEquals(301, response.getStatus());
+		assertEquals("http://url.somewhere.com", response.getHeader("Location"));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void attributeStatusCodeHttp11() throws Exception {
 		RedirectView rv = new RedirectView();
 		rv.setUrl("http://url.somewhere.com");
 		rv.setHttp10Compatible(false);