diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractResource.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractResource.java
index de327d7e1c1..cf3266672f9 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractResource.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractResource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 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.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -60,10 +61,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractResource implements Resource {
 				return getFile().exists();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
-				Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Could not retrieve File for existence check of " + getDescription(), ex);
-				}
+				debug(() -> "Could not retrieve File for existence check of " + getDescription(), ex);
 			}
 		}
 		// Fall back to stream existence: can we open the stream?
@@ -72,10 +70,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractResource implements Resource {
 			return true;
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
-			Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug("Could not retrieve InputStream for existence check of " + getDescription(), ex);
-			}
+			debug(() -> "Could not retrieve InputStream for existence check of " + getDescription(), ex);
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -174,10 +169,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractResource implements Resource {
 				is.close();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
-				Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Could not close content-length InputStream for " + getDescription(), ex);
-				}
+				debug(() -> "Could not close content-length InputStream for " + getDescription(), ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -258,4 +250,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractResource implements Resource {
 		return getDescription();
 	}
 
+	private void debug(Supplier<String> message, Throwable ex) {
+		Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug(message.get(), ex);
+		}
+	}
+
 }