diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriter.java
index 7c7e957371..3a32540e0e 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriter.java
@@ -233,8 +233,7 @@ public class ResourceHttpMessageWriter implements HttpMessageWriter<Resource> {
 			ranges = request.getHeaders().getRange();
 		}
 		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-			response.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE);
-			return response.setComplete();
+			return handleInvalidRange(response);
 		}
 
 		return Mono.from(inputStream).flatMap(resource -> {
@@ -242,7 +241,13 @@ public class ResourceHttpMessageWriter implements HttpMessageWriter<Resource> {
 				return writeResource(resource, elementType, mediaType, response, hints);
 			}
 			response.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.PARTIAL_CONTENT);
-			List<ResourceRegion> regions = HttpRange.toResourceRegions(ranges, resource);
+			List<ResourceRegion> regions;
+			try {
+				regions = HttpRange.toResourceRegions(ranges, resource);
+			}
+			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				return handleInvalidRange(response);
+			}
 			MediaType resourceMediaType = getResourceMediaType(mediaType, resource, hints);
 			if (regions.size() == 1){
 				ResourceRegion region = regions.get(0);
@@ -268,6 +273,11 @@ public class ResourceHttpMessageWriter implements HttpMessageWriter<Resource> {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private static Mono<Void> handleInvalidRange(ServerHttpResponse response) {
+		response.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE);
+		return response.setComplete();
+	}
+
 	private Mono<Void> writeSingleRegion(ResourceRegion region, ReactiveHttpOutputMessage message,
 			Map<String, Object> hints) {
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriterTests.java
index 19af37c561..436513a3fb 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ResourceHttpMessageWriterTests.java
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ class ResourceHttpMessageWriterTests {
 		assertThat(this.response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE);
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-35536
+	void invalidRangePosition() {
+
+		testWrite(get("/").header(HttpHeaders.RANGE, "bytes=2000-5000").build());
+
+		assertThat(this.response.getHeaders().getFirst(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_RANGES)).isEqualTo("bytes");
+		assertThat(this.response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE);
+	}
+
 
 	private void testWrite(MockServerHttpRequest request) {
 		Mono<Void> mono = this.writer.write(this.input, null, null, TEXT_PLAIN, request, this.response, HINTS);