diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisher.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisher.java
index 719362ef68f..79717c196a5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisher.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisher.java
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ abstract class AbstractRequestBodyPublisher implements Publisher<DataBuffer> {
 		 * {@link #NO_DEMAND} if there is no demand.
 		 */
 		DEMAND {
+			@Override
+			void request(AbstractRequestBodyPublisher publisher, long n) {
+				if (Operators.checkRequest(n, publisher.subscriber)) {
+					Operators.addAndGet(publisher.demand, n);
+				}
+			}
+
 			@Override
 			void onDataAvailable(AbstractRequestBodyPublisher publisher) {
 				if (publisher.changeState(this, READING)) {
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisherTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisherTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cda831cc08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractRequestBodyPublisherTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.http.server.reactive;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.isA;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
+import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
+import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link AbstractRequestBodyPublisher}
+ * 
+ * @author Violeta Georgieva
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public class AbstractRequestBodyPublisherTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReceiveTwoRequestCallsWhenOnSubscribe() {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		Subscriber<DataBuffer> subscriber = mock(Subscriber.class);
+		doAnswer(new SubscriptionAnswer()).when(subscriber).onSubscribe(isA(Subscription.class));
+
+		TestRequestBodyPublisher publisher = new TestRequestBodyPublisher();
+		publisher.subscribe(subscriber);
+		publisher.onDataAvailable();
+
+		assertTrue(publisher.getReadCalls() == 2);
+	}
+
+	private static final class TestRequestBodyPublisher extends AbstractRequestBodyPublisher {
+
+		private int readCalls = 0;
+
+		@Override
+		protected void checkOnDataAvailable() {
+			// no-op
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected DataBuffer read() throws IOException {
+			readCalls++;
+			return mock(DataBuffer.class);
+		}
+
+		public int getReadCalls() {
+			return this.readCalls;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static final class SubscriptionAnswer implements Answer<Subscription> {
+
+		@Override
+		public Subscription answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
+			Subscription arg = (Subscription) invocation.getArguments()[0];
+			arg.request(1);
+			arg.request(1);
+			return arg;
+		}
+
+	}
+}