diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
index 1273592937..ad0419ee4b 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtils.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.FluxSink;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.publisher.SynchronousSink;
+import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -1057,6 +1058,12 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 		protected void hookOnComplete() {
 			this.sink.complete();
 		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Context currentContext() {
+			return this.sink.currentContext();
+		}
+
 	}
 
 
@@ -1148,6 +1155,12 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 			this.sink.next(dataBuffer);
 			this.dataBuffer.set(null);
 		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Context currentContext() {
+			return this.sink.currentContext();
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtilsTests.java
index 8615551b31..ba85a1575b 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferUtilsTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.nio.channels.AsynchronousFileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.CompletionHandler;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.BaseSubscriber;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.test.StepVerifier;
+import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
@@ -940,6 +942,53 @@ class DataBufferUtilsTests extends AbstractDataBufferAllocatingTests {
 		release(foo);
 	}
 
+	@ParameterizedDataBufferAllocatingTest
+	void propagateContextByteChannel(String displayName, DataBufferFactory bufferFactory) throws IOException {
+		Path path = Paths.get(this.resource.getURI());
+		try (SeekableByteChannel out = Files.newByteChannel(this.tempFile, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING)) {
+			Flux<DataBuffer> result = DataBufferUtils.read(path, bufferFactory, 1024, StandardOpenOption.READ)
+					.transformDeferredContextual((f, ctx) -> {
+						assertThat(ctx.getOrDefault("key", "EMPTY")).isEqualTo("TEST");
+						return f;
+					})
+					.transform(f -> DataBufferUtils.write(f, out))
+					.transformDeferredContextual((f, ctx) -> {
+						assertThat(ctx.getOrDefault("key", "EMPTY")).isEqualTo("TEST");
+						return f;
+					})
+					.contextWrite(Context.of("key", "TEST"));
+
+			StepVerifier.create(result)
+					.consumeNextWith(DataBufferUtils::release)
+					.verifyComplete();
+
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	@ParameterizedDataBufferAllocatingTest
+	void propagateContextAsynchronousFileChannel(String displayName, DataBufferFactory bufferFactory) throws IOException {
+		Path path = Paths.get(this.resource.getURI());
+		try (AsynchronousFileChannel out = AsynchronousFileChannel.open(this.tempFile, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING)) {
+			Flux<DataBuffer> result = DataBufferUtils.read(path, bufferFactory, 1024, StandardOpenOption.READ)
+					.transformDeferredContextual((f, ctx) -> {
+						assertThat(ctx.getOrDefault("key", "EMPTY")).isEqualTo("TEST");
+						return f;
+					})
+					.transform(f -> DataBufferUtils.write(f, out))
+					.transformDeferredContextual((f, ctx) -> {
+						assertThat(ctx.getOrDefault("key", "EMPTY")).isEqualTo("TEST");
+						return f;
+					})
+					.contextWrite(Context.of("key", "TEST"));
+
+			StepVerifier.create(result)
+					.consumeNextWith(DataBufferUtils::release)
+					.verifyComplete();
+
+
+		}
+	}
 
 	private static class ZeroDemandSubscriber extends BaseSubscriber<DataBuffer> {
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartParser.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartParser.java
index 3d9ab7f2b3..d2057f53d6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartParser.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/MultipartParser.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
 import reactor.core.publisher.BaseSubscriber;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.FluxSink;
+import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
 import org.springframework.core.codec.DecodingException;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ final class MultipartParser extends BaseSubscriber<DataBuffer> {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Context currentContext() {
+		return this.sink.currentContext();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected void hookOnSubscribe(Subscription subscription) {
 		requestBuffer();
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/PartGenerator.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/PartGenerator.java
index 9de34009d4..32a923d8a7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/PartGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/multipart/PartGenerator.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.FluxSink;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.core.scheduler.Scheduler;
+import reactor.util.context.Context;
 
 import org.springframework.core.codec.DecodingException;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ final class PartGenerator extends BaseSubscriber<MultipartParser.Token> {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Context currentContext() {
+		return this.sink.currentContext();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected void hookOnSubscribe(Subscription subscription) {
 		requestToken();