diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/DispatcherHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/DispatcherHandler.java
index 754125719b5..57f5784f3ec 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/DispatcherHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/DispatcherHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class DispatcherHandler implements WebHandler, ApplicationContextAware {
 	public Mono<Void> handle(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
-			logger.debug("Processing " + request.getMethod() + " request for [" + request.getURI() + "]");
+			logger.debug("Processing " + request.getMethodValue() + " request for [" + request.getURI() + "]");
 		}
 		return Flux.fromIterable(this.handlerMappings)
 				.concatMap(mapping -> mapping.getHandler(exchange))
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
index 405d7f64b5c..db42c513e8b 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public class ResourceWebHandler
 				}))
 				.flatMap(resource -> {
 					try {
-						if (HttpMethod.OPTIONS.equals(exchange.getRequest().getMethod())) {
+						if (HttpMethod.OPTIONS.matches(exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue())) {
 							exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().add("Allow", "GET,HEAD,OPTIONS");
 							return Mono.empty();
 						}
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class ResourceWebHandler
 						}
 
 						// Content phase
-						if (HttpMethod.HEAD.equals(exchange.getRequest().getMethod())) {
+						if (HttpMethod.HEAD.matches(exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue())) {
 							setHeaders(exchange, resource, mediaType);
 							exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().set(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_RANGES, "bytes");
 							logger.trace("HEAD request - skipping content");
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/RequestMethodsRequestCondition.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/RequestMethodsRequestCondition.java
index 14f96e740ba..65fdab0682e 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/RequestMethodsRequestCondition.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/RequestMethodsRequestCondition.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class RequestMethodsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestConditi
 			return matchPreFlight(exchange.getRequest());
 		}
 		if (getMethods().isEmpty()) {
-			if (RequestMethod.OPTIONS.name().equals(exchange.getRequest().getMethod().name())) {
+			if (RequestMethod.OPTIONS.name().equals(exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue())) {
 				return null; // No implicit match for OPTIONS (we handle it)
 			}
 			return this;
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.java
index 96b2ecfee8f..0e258ccaaa9 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping.java
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ public abstract class RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping extends AbstractHandlerMe
 		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
 
 		if (helper.hasMethodsMismatch()) {
-			HttpMethod httpMethod = request.getMethod();
+			String httpMethod = request.getMethodValue();
 			Set<HttpMethod> methods = helper.getAllowedMethods();
-			if (HttpMethod.OPTIONS.matches(httpMethod.name())) {
+			if (HttpMethod.OPTIONS.matches(httpMethod)) {
 				HttpOptionsHandler handler = new HttpOptionsHandler(methods);
 				return new HandlerMethod(handler, HTTP_OPTIONS_HANDLE_METHOD);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/InvalidHttpMethodIntegrationTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/InvalidHttpMethodIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..893e58e9ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/InvalidHttpMethodIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server;
+
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ */
+public class InvalidHttpMethodIntegrationTests extends AbstractRouterFunctionIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Override
+	protected RouterFunction<?> routerFunction() {
+		return RouterFunctions.route(RequestPredicates.GET("/"),
+				request -> ServerResponse.ok().syncBody("FOO"))
+				.andRoute(RequestPredicates.all(),
+						request -> ServerResponse.ok().syncBody("BAR"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void invalidHttpMethod() throws Exception {
+		OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
+
+		Request request = new Request.Builder()
+				.method("BAZ", null)
+				.url("http://localhost:" + port + "/")
+				.build();
+
+		try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
+			assertEquals("BAR", response.body().string());
+		}
+	}
+}