diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 7147bff064a..062d50ada4d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * Test fixture for {@link Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverter}.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
@@ -151,9 +152,14 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 			}
 		};
 
-		Collection<RootElement> result = converter.read(rootElementListType, null, inputMessage);
-		assertEquals(1, result.size());
-		assertEquals("", result.iterator().next().external);
+		try {
+			Collection<RootElement> result = converter.read(rootElementListType, null, inputMessage);
+			assertEquals(1, result.size());
+			assertEquals("", result.iterator().next().external);
+		}
+		catch (HttpMessageNotReadableException ex) {
+			// Some parsers raise an exception
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -273,4 +279,4 @@ public class Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		}
 	}
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index cc8e6cad2fa..fff213409d5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverterTests {
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 24bdd868d30..f88088eaa22 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/SourceHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 public class SourceHttpMessageConverterTests {
 
@@ -226,8 +228,13 @@ public class SourceHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		streamReader.next();
 		String s = streamReader.getLocalName();
 		assertEquals("root", s);
-		s = streamReader.getElementText();
-		assertNotEquals("Foo Bar", s);
+		try {
+			s = streamReader.getElementText();
+			assertNotEquals("Foo Bar", s);
+		}
+		catch (XMLStreamException ex) {
+			// Some parsers raise a parse exception
+		}
 		streamReader.close();
 	}