diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
index 38daf414622..11395bb8de9 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistration.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ public class ResourceHandlerRegistration {
 	 * is recommended to add {@link PathResourceResolver} as the last resolver.
 	 * @since 4.1
 	 */
-	public void setResourceResolvers(List<ResourceResolver> resourceResolvers) {
-		this.resourceResolvers = resourceResolvers;
+	public void setResourceResolvers(ResourceResolver... resourceResolvers) {
+		this.resourceResolvers = Arrays.asList(resourceResolvers);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistry.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistry.java
index b56e591df23..16b5b5e5315 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistry.java
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public class ResourceHandlerRegistry {
 	 * Configure the {@link ResourceResolver}s to use by default in resource handlers that
 	 * don't have them set.
 	 */
-	public void setResourceResolvers(List<ResourceResolver> resourceResolvers) {
-		this.resourceResolvers = resourceResolvers;
+	public void setResourceResolvers(ResourceResolver... resourceResolvers) {
+		this.resourceResolvers = Arrays.asList(resourceResolvers);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ public class ResourceHandlerRegistry {
 		}
 
 		Map<String, HttpRequestHandler> urlMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, HttpRequestHandler>();
-		for (ResourceHandlerRegistration registration : registrations) {
+		for (ResourceHandlerRegistration registration : this.registrations) {
 			for (String pathPattern : registration.getPathPatterns()) {
 				ResourceHttpRequestHandler handler = registration.getRequestHandler();
-				handler.setServletContext(servletContext);
-				handler.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+				handler.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
+				handler.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
 				if ((this.resourceResolvers != null) && (registration.getResourceResolvers() == null)) {
 					handler.setResourceResolvers(this.resourceResolvers);
 				}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
index 552261f37e5..71ed390a3cc 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -97,13 +96,12 @@ public class ResourceHandlerRegistryTests {
 	@Test
 	public void resourceResolversAndTransformers() {
 		ResourceResolver resolver = Mockito.mock(ResourceResolver.class);
-		List<ResourceResolver> resolvers = Arrays.<ResourceResolver>asList(resolver);
-		registry.setResourceResolvers(resolvers);
+		registry.setResourceResolvers(resolver);
 
 		SimpleUrlHandlerMapping hm = (SimpleUrlHandlerMapping) registry.getHandlerMapping();
 		ResourceHttpRequestHandler handler = (ResourceHttpRequestHandler) hm.getUrlMap().values().iterator().next();
 
-		assertEquals(resolvers, handler.getResourceResolvers());
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList(resolver), handler.getResourceResolvers());
 	}
 
 	private ResourceHttpRequestHandler getHandler(String pathPattern) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PublicResourceUrlProviderJavaConfigTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PublicResourceUrlProviderJavaConfigTests.java
index a8dde6c88f7..fcd21f80500 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PublicResourceUrlProviderJavaConfigTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PublicResourceUrlProviderJavaConfigTests.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -114,14 +111,9 @@ public class PublicResourceUrlProviderJavaConfigTests {
 
 		@Override
 		public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
-
-			List<ResourceResolver> resourceResolvers = new ArrayList<>();
-			resourceResolvers.add(new FingerprintResourceResolver());
-			resourceResolvers.add(new PathResourceResolver());
-
 			registry.addResourceHandler("/resources/**")
 				.addResourceLocations("classpath:org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/test/")
-				.setResourceResolvers(resourceResolvers);
+				.setResourceResolvers(new FingerprintResourceResolver(), new PathResourceResolver());
 		}
 	}