diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResult.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResult.java
index 5e5ec0a4e57..3157b191441 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResult.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResult.java
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ class DefaultMvcResult implements MvcResult {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * True if is there a latch was not set, or the latch count reached 0.
+	 * True if the latch count reached 0 within the specified timeout.
 	 */
 	private boolean awaitAsyncDispatch(long timeout) {
 		Assert.state(this.asyncDispatchLatch != null,
-				"The asynDispatch CountDownLatch was not set by the TestDispatcherServlet.\n");
+				"The asyncDispatch CountDownLatch was not set by the TestDispatcherServlet.\n");
 		try {
 			return this.asyncDispatchLatch.await(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResultTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResultTests.java
index 87f75b1479e..cc41fb26469 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResultTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/DefaultMvcResultTests.java
@@ -13,17 +13,15 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.springframework.test.web.servlet;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
 /**
  * Test fixture for {@link DefaultMvcResult}.
  *
@@ -31,13 +29,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  */
 public class DefaultMvcResultTests {
 
-	private DefaultMvcResult mvcResult;
-
-	@Before
-	public void setup() {
-		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
-		this.mvcResult = new DefaultMvcResult(request, null);
-	}
+	private final DefaultMvcResult mvcResult = new DefaultMvcResult(new MockHttpServletRequest(), null);
 
 	@Test
 	public void getAsyncResultSuccess() {