diff --git a/spring-web/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/web/testfixture/servlet/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-web/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/web/testfixture/servlet/MockHttpServletRequest.java
index 9c269278af0..74e1982bb3d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/web/testfixture/servlet/MockHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/testFixtures/java/org/springframework/web/testfixture/servlet/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 
 	private static final TimeZone GMT = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
 
-	private static final ServletInputStream EMPTY_SERVLET_INPUT_STREAM =
-			new DelegatingServletInputStream(InputStream.nullInputStream());
-
 	private static final BufferedReader EMPTY_BUFFERED_READER =
 			new BufferedReader(new StringReader(""));
 
@@ -513,12 +510,12 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 		}
 		else if (this.reader != null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Cannot call getInputStream() after getReader() has already been called for the current request")			;
+					"Cannot call getInputStream() after getReader() has already been called for the current request");
 		}
 
 		this.inputStream = (this.content != null ?
 				new DelegatingServletInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content)) :
-				EMPTY_SERVLET_INPUT_STREAM);
+				new DelegatingServletInputStream(InputStream.nullInputStream()));
 		return this.inputStream;
 	}