diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java
index 9798293ecfa..37008ee8cfa 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ class InterceptingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest {
 
 				delegate.getHeaders().putAll(request.getHeaders());
 
-				FileCopyUtils.copy(body, delegate.getBody());
-
+				if (body.length > 0) {
+					FileCopyUtils.copy(body, delegate.getBody());
+				}
 				return delegate.execute();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
index 7ef375a6c93..1a82d7d45c5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -73,30 +73,38 @@ final class SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequest {
 			else {
 				this.connection.setChunkedStreamingMode(this.chunkSize);
 			}
-			for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : headers.entrySet()) {
-				String headerName = entry.getKey();
-				for (String headerValue : entry.getValue()) {
-					this.connection.addRequestProperty(headerName, headerValue);
-				}
-			}
-			this.connection.connect();
+            writeHeaders(headers);
+            this.connection.connect();
 			this.body = this.connection.getOutputStream();
 		}
 		return new NonClosingOutputStream(this.body);
 	}
 
-	@Override
+    private void writeHeaders(HttpHeaders headers) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : headers.entrySet()) {
+            String headerName = entry.getKey();
+            for (String headerValue : entry.getValue()) {
+                this.connection.addRequestProperty(headerName, headerValue);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
 	protected ClientHttpResponse executeInternal(HttpHeaders headers) throws IOException {
-		try {
-			if (this.body != null) {
-				this.body.close();
-			}
-		}
-		catch (IOException ex) {
-			// ignore
-		}
-		return new SimpleClientHttpResponse(this.connection);
-	}
+        try {
+            if (this.body != null) {
+                this.body.close();
+            }
+            else {
+                writeHeaders(headers);
+                this.connection.connect();
+            }
+        }
+        catch (IOException ex) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        return new SimpleClientHttpResponse(this.connection);
+    }
 
 
 	private static class NonClosingOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
index 9a610936318..8fe6752e20a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
+
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -38,11 +42,8 @@ import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
 import org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context;
 import org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
 
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public abstract class AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase {
 
@@ -233,16 +234,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase {
 
 	private static class EchoServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
-		@Override
-		protected void doPut(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-				throws ServletException, IOException {
-			echo(request, response);
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
-				throws ServletException, IOException {
-			echo(request, response);
+        @Override
+        protected void service(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
+			echo(req, resp);
 		}
 
 		private void echo(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests.java
index c311ffb961f..8507cdbfe83 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests.java
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public class StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests extends AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase {
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class StreamingSimpleHttpRequestFactoryTests extends AbstractHttpRequestF
 
 		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
 		try {
-			ClientHttpRequest request = factory.createRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/echo"), HttpMethod.POST);
+			ClientHttpRequest request = factory.createRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/echo"), HttpMethod.GET);
 			response = request.execute();
 			assertEquals("Invalid response status", HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
 			HttpHeaders responseHeaders = response.getHeaders();