diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
index 465f21e6aa1..24d36aee1a0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class MediaType implements Comparable<MediaType> {
 				String attribute = entry.getKey();
 				String value = entry.getValue();
 				checkParameters(attribute, value);
-				m.put(attribute, value);
+				m.put(attribute, unquote(value));
 			}
 			this.parameters = Collections.unmodifiableMap(m);
 		}
@@ -293,10 +293,12 @@ public class MediaType implements Comparable<MediaType> {
 		Assert.hasLength(value, "parameter value must not be empty");
 		checkToken(attribute);
 		if (PARAM_QUALITY_FACTOR.equals(attribute)) {
+			value = unquote(value);
 			double d = Double.parseDouble(value);
 			Assert.isTrue(d >= 0D && d <= 1D, "Invalid quality value \"" + value + "\": should be between 0.0 and 1.0");
 		}
 		else if (PARAM_CHARSET.equals(attribute)) {
+			value = unquote(value);
 			Charset.forName(value);
 		}
 		else if (!isQuotedString(value)) {
@@ -308,6 +310,13 @@ public class MediaType implements Comparable<MediaType> {
 		return s.length() > 1 && s.startsWith("\"") && s.endsWith("\"") ;
 	}
 
+	private String unquote(String s) {
+		if (s == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return isQuotedString(s) ? s.substring(1, s.length() - 1) : s;
+	}
+
 	/** Return the primary type. */
 	public String getType() {
 		return this.type;
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/MediaTypeTests.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/MediaTypeTests.java
index d518ddb615a..3b177b30688 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/MediaTypeTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/MediaTypeTests.java
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ public class MediaTypeTests {
 		assertEquals("Invalid charset", Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"), mediaType.getCharSet());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void parseQuotedCharset() {
+		String s = "application/xml;charset=\"utf-8\"";
+		MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parseMediaType(s);
+		assertEquals("Invalid type", "application", mediaType.getType());
+		assertEquals("Invalid subtype", "xml", mediaType.getSubtype());
+		assertEquals("Invalid charset", Charset.forName("UTF-8"), mediaType.getCharSet());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void parseURLConnectionMediaType() throws Exception {
 		String s = "*; q=.2";