diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
index f9eaf0208bbb..b4c873c6cbf2 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 	@Nullable
 	private byte[] content;
 
+	@Nullable
+	private ServletInputStream inputStream;
+
+	@Nullable
+	private BufferedReader reader;
+
 	@Nullable
 	private String contentType;
 
@@ -492,12 +498,17 @@ public String getContentType() {
 
 	@Override
 	public ServletInputStream getInputStream() {
+		if (this.inputStream != null) {
+			return this.inputStream;
+		}
+
 		if (this.content != null) {
-			return new DelegatingServletInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content));
+			this.inputStream = new DelegatingServletInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content));
 		}
 		else {
-			return EMPTY_SERVLET_INPUT_STREAM;
+			this.inputStream = EMPTY_SERVLET_INPUT_STREAM;
 		}
+		return this.inputStream;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -697,16 +708,21 @@ public int getServerPort() {
 
 	@Override
 	public BufferedReader getReader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+		if (this.reader != null) {
+			return this.reader;
+		}
+
 		if (this.content != null) {
 			InputStream sourceStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content);
 			Reader sourceReader = (this.characterEncoding != null) ?
 					new InputStreamReader(sourceStream, this.characterEncoding) :
 					new InputStreamReader(sourceStream);
-			return new BufferedReader(sourceReader);
+			this.reader = new BufferedReader(sourceReader);
 		}
 		else {
-			return EMPTY_BUFFERED_READER;
+			this.reader = EMPTY_BUFFERED_READER;
 		}
+		return this.reader;
 	}
 
 	public void setRemoteAddr(String remoteAddr) {
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
index f3cc3a7a55d5..357d07eab2a7 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ public void noContent() throws IOException {
 		assertNull(request.getContentAsByteArray());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void getReaderTwice() throws IOException {
+		byte[] bytes = "body".getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset());
+		request.setContent(bytes);
+		assertSame(
+				request.getReader(),
+				request.getReader());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void getInputStreamTwice() throws IOException {
+		byte[] bytes = "body".getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset());
+		request.setContent(bytes);
+		assertSame(
+				request.getInputStream(),
+				request.getInputStream());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void setContentType() {
 		String contentType = "test/plain";