diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
index de59989eb1..272abd9f8e 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class StreamUtils {
 			return "";
 		}
 
-		StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
+		StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(BUFFER_SIZE);
 		InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(in, charset);
 		char[] buffer = new char[BUFFER_SIZE];
 		int charsRead;