diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
index 75720f2e3af..6ba3f2cfc30 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -199,12 +199,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 	}
 
 	public byte[] getContentAsByteArray() {
-		flushBuffer();
 		return this.content.toByteArray();
 	}
 
 	public String getContentAsString() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		flushBuffer();
 		return (this.characterEncoding != null ?
 				this.content.toString(this.characterEncoding) : this.content.toString());
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletResponse.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletResponse.java
index 0f555dfb67e..cd8a3909bba 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -192,12 +192,10 @@ public class MockHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 	}
 
 	public byte[] getContentAsByteArray() {
-		flushBuffer();
 		return this.content.toByteArray();
 	}
 
 	public String getContentAsString() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-		flushBuffer();
 		return (this.characterEncoding != null ?
 				this.content.toString(this.characterEncoding) : this.content.toString());
 	}