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 68d211983c..734bd08500 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
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.GenericBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.ITestBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.TestBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer;
@@ -81,10 +83,12 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletConfig;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.ExtendedModelMap;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
@@ -1256,6 +1260,44 @@ public class ServletAnnotationControllerTests {
 		assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void responseBodyArgMismatch() throws ServletException, IOException {
+		@SuppressWarnings("serial") DispatcherServlet servlet = new DispatcherServlet() {
+			@Override
+			protected WebApplicationContext createWebApplicationContext(WebApplicationContext parent) {
+				GenericWebApplicationContext wac = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
+				wac.registerBeanDefinition("controller", new RootBeanDefinition(RequestBodyArgMismatchController.class));
+
+				Jaxb2Marshaller marshaller = new Jaxb2Marshaller();
+				marshaller.setClassesToBeBound(A.class, B.class);
+				try {
+					marshaller.afterPropertiesSet();
+				}
+				catch (Exception ex) {
+					throw new BeanCreationException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+				}
+
+				MarshallingHttpMessageConverter messageConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter(marshaller);
+
+				RootBeanDefinition adapterDef = new RootBeanDefinition(AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.class);
+				adapterDef.getPropertyValues().add("messageConverters", messageConverter);
+				wac.registerBeanDefinition("handlerAdapter", adapterDef);
+				wac.refresh();
+				return wac;
+			}
+		};
+		servlet.init(new MockServletConfig());
+
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("PUT", "/something");
+		String requestBody = "<b/>";
+		request.setContent(requestBody.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+		request.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/xml; charset=utf-8");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		servlet.service(request, response);
+		assertEquals(400, response.getStatus());
+	}
+
 
 	@Test
 	public void contentTypeHeaders() throws ServletException, IOException {
@@ -2299,6 +2341,25 @@ public class ServletAnnotationControllerTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Controller
+	public static class RequestBodyArgMismatchController {
+
+		@RequestMapping(value = "/something", method = RequestMethod.PUT)
+		public void handle(@RequestBody A a) throws IOException {
+		}
+	}
+
+	@XmlRootElement
+	public static class A {
+		
+	}
+
+	@XmlRootElement
+	public static class B {
+
+	}
+
+
 	public static class NotReadableMessageConverter implements HttpMessageConverter {
 
 		public boolean canRead(Class clazz, MediaType mediaType) {