diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index ae195b02d4..c521913223 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -485,7 +485,10 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 		if (mediaType == null) {
 			ServletWebRequest webRequest = new ServletWebRequest(request);
 			try {
-				getContentNegotiationManager().resolveMediaTypes(webRequest);
+				List<MediaType> mediaTypes = getContentNegotiationManager().resolveMediaTypes(webRequest);
+				if(!mediaTypes.isEmpty()) {
+					mediaType = mediaTypes.get(0);
+				}
 			}
 			catch (HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException ex) {
 				// Ignore
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index 3083810f32..feaf098322 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Jeremy Grelle
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Brian Clozel
  */
 public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 
@@ -244,6 +245,27 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals("h1 { color:red; }", this.response.getContentAsString());
 	}
 
+	@Test // SPR-13658
+	public void getResourceWithRegisteredMediaTypeDefaultStrategy() throws Exception {
+		ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean factory = new ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean();
+		factory.setFavorPathExtension(false);
+		factory.setDefaultContentType(new MediaType("foo", "bar"));
+		factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ContentNegotiationManager manager = factory.getObject();
+
+		List<Resource> paths = Collections.singletonList(new ClassPathResource("test/", getClass()));
+		this.handler = new ResourceHttpRequestHandler();
+		this.handler.setLocations(paths);
+		this.handler.setContentNegotiationManager(manager);
+		this.handler.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.css");
+		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
+
+		assertEquals("foo/bar", this.response.getContentType());
+		assertEquals("h1 { color:red; }", this.response.getContentAsString());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void invalidPath() throws Exception {
 		for (HttpMethod method : HttpMethod.values()) {