diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java
index 464b748c161..f5d3e212bcf 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ public class AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implemen
 	 * Comparator capable of sorting {@link RequestMappingInfo}s (RHIs) so that sorting a list with this comparator will
 	 * result in: <ul> <li>RHIs with {@linkplain RequestMappingInfo#matchedPaths better matched paths} take prescedence
 	 * over those with a weaker match (as expressed by the {@linkplain PathMatcher#getPatternComparator(String) path
-	 * pattern comparator}.) Typically, this means that patterns without wild chards and uri templates will be ordered
+	 * pattern comparator}.) Typically, this means that patterns without wild cards and uri templates will be ordered
 	 * before those without.</li> <li>RHIs with one single {@linkplain RequestMappingInfo#methods request method} will be
 	 * ordered before those without a method, or with more than one method.</li> <li>RHIs with more {@linkplain
 	 * RequestMappingInfo#params request parameters} will be ordered before those with less parameters</li> </ol>
@@ -838,6 +838,16 @@ public class AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implemen
 			if (pathComparison != 0) {
 				return pathComparison;
 			}
+			int info1ParamCount = info1.params.length;
+			int info2ParamCount = info2.params.length;
+			if (info1ParamCount != info2ParamCount) {
+				return info2ParamCount - info1ParamCount;
+			}
+			int info1HeaderCount = info1.headers.length;
+			int info2HeaderCount = info2.headers.length;
+			if (info1HeaderCount != info2HeaderCount) {
+				return info2HeaderCount - info1HeaderCount;
+			}
 			int info1MethodCount = info1.methods.length;
 			int info2MethodCount = info2.methods.length;
 			if (info1MethodCount == 0 && info2MethodCount > 0) {
@@ -852,16 +862,6 @@ public class AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter extends WebContentGenerator implemen
 			else if (info2MethodCount == 1 & info1MethodCount > 1) {
 				return 1;
 			}
-			int info1ParamCount = info1.params.length;
-			int info2ParamCount = info2.params.length;
-			if (info1ParamCount != info2ParamCount) {
-				return info2ParamCount - info1ParamCount;
-			}
-			int info1HeaderCount = info1.headers.length;
-			int info2HeaderCount = info2.headers.length;
-			if (info1HeaderCount != info2HeaderCount) {
-				return info2HeaderCount - info1HeaderCount;
-			}
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ServletAnnotationControllerTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ServletAnnotationControllerTests.java
index b60553f9c11..2be7a3ac4c1 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ServletAnnotationControllerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ServletAnnotationControllerTests.java
@@ -974,6 +974,22 @@ public class ServletAnnotationControllerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void ambiguousParams() throws ServletException, IOException {
+		initServlet(AmbiguousParamsController.class);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request;// = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/test");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response;// = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+//		servlet.service(request, response);
+//		assertEquals("noParams", response.getContentAsString());
+
+		request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/test");
+		request.addParameter("myParam", "42");
+		response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		servlet.service(request, response);
+		assertEquals("myParam-42", response.getContentAsString());
+	}
+
 
 	/*
 	 * Controllers
@@ -1647,6 +1663,21 @@ public class ServletAnnotationControllerTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Controller
+	@RequestMapping("/test*")
+	private static class AmbiguousParamsController {
+
+		@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
+		public void noParams(Writer writer) throws IOException {
+			writer.write("noParams");
+		}
+
+		@RequestMapping(params = "myParam")
+		public void param(@RequestParam("myParam") int myParam, Writer writer) throws IOException {
+			writer.write("myParam-" + myParam);
+		}
+
+	}
 
 
 }