diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java
index cf5c5fce246..ce031bd5ff8 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -743,11 +743,13 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapter extends AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter
 			mav = invokeHandlerMethod(request, response, handlerMethod);
 		}
 
-		if (getSessionAttributesHandler(handlerMethod).hasSessionAttributes()) {
-			applyCacheSeconds(response, this.cacheSecondsForSessionAttributeHandlers);
-		}
-		else {
-			prepareResponse(response);
+		if (!response.containsHeader(HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL)) {
+			if (getSessionAttributesHandler(handlerMethod).hasSessionAttributes()) {
+				applyCacheSeconds(response, this.cacheSecondsForSessionAttributeHandlers);
+			}
+			else {
+				prepareResponse(response);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return mav;
@@ -887,7 +889,7 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapter extends AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter
 		}
 		List<InvocableHandlerMethod> initBinderMethods = new ArrayList<InvocableHandlerMethod>();
 		// Global methods first
-		for (Entry<ControllerAdviceBean, Set<Method>> entry : this.initBinderAdviceCache .entrySet()) {
+		for (Entry<ControllerAdviceBean, Set<Method>> entry : this.initBinderAdviceCache.entrySet()) {
 			if (entry.getKey().isApplicableToBeanType(handlerType)) {
 				Object bean = entry.getKey().resolveBean();
 				for (Method method : entry.getValue()) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/WebContentGenerator.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/WebContentGenerator.java
index 8bf68bba4a8..903aaa4c7e6 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/WebContentGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/support/WebContentGenerator.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public abstract class WebContentGenerator extends WebApplicationObjectSupport {
 
 	private static final String HEADER_EXPIRES = "Expires";
 
-	private static final String HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL = "Cache-Control";
+	protected static final String HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL = "Cache-Control";
 
 
 	/** Set of supported HTTP methods */
@@ -330,16 +330,14 @@ public abstract class WebContentGenerator extends WebApplicationObjectSupport {
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
 	protected final void applyCacheControl(HttpServletResponse response, CacheControl cacheControl) {
-		if (!response.containsHeader(HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL)) {
-			String ccValue = cacheControl.getHeaderValue();
-			if (ccValue != null) {
-				// Set computed HTTP 1.1 Cache-Control header
-				response.setHeader(HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL, ccValue);
-
-				if (response.containsHeader(HEADER_PRAGMA)) {
-					// Reset HTTP 1.0 Pragma header if present
-					response.setHeader(HEADER_PRAGMA, "");
-				}
+		String ccValue = cacheControl.getHeaderValue();
+		if (ccValue != null) {
+			// Set computed HTTP 1.1 Cache-Control header
+			response.setHeader(HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL, ccValue);
+
+			if (response.containsHeader(HEADER_PRAGMA)) {
+				// Reset HTTP 1.0 Pragma header if present
+				response.setHeader(HEADER_PRAGMA, "");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -355,32 +353,30 @@ public abstract class WebContentGenerator extends WebApplicationObjectSupport {
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	protected final void applyCacheSeconds(HttpServletResponse response, int cacheSeconds) {
-		if (!response.containsHeader(HEADER_CACHE_CONTROL)) {
-			if (this.useExpiresHeader || !this.useCacheControlHeader) {
-				// Deprecated HTTP 1.0 cache behavior, as in previous Spring versions
-				if (cacheSeconds > 0) {
-					cacheForSeconds(response, cacheSeconds);
-				}
-				else if (cacheSeconds == 0) {
-					preventCaching(response);
+		if (this.useExpiresHeader || !this.useCacheControlHeader) {
+			// Deprecated HTTP 1.0 cache behavior, as in previous Spring versions
+			if (cacheSeconds > 0) {
+				cacheForSeconds(response, cacheSeconds);
+			}
+			else if (cacheSeconds == 0) {
+				preventCaching(response);
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			CacheControl cControl;
+			if (cacheSeconds > 0) {
+				cControl = CacheControl.maxAge(cacheSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+				if (this.alwaysMustRevalidate) {
+					cControl = cControl.mustRevalidate();
 				}
 			}
+			else if (cacheSeconds == 0) {
+				cControl = (this.useCacheControlNoStore ? CacheControl.noStore() : CacheControl.noCache());
+			}
 			else {
-				CacheControl cControl;
-				if (cacheSeconds > 0) {
-					cControl = CacheControl.maxAge(cacheSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-					if (this.alwaysMustRevalidate) {
-						cControl = cControl.mustRevalidate();
-					}
-				}
-				else if (cacheSeconds == 0) {
-					cControl = (this.useCacheControlNoStore ? CacheControl.noStore() : CacheControl.noCache());
-				}
-				else {
-					cControl = CacheControl.empty();
-				}
-				applyCacheControl(response, cControl);
+				cControl = CacheControl.empty();
 			}
+			applyCacheControl(response, cControl);
 		}
 	}
 
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 bfbda11fc90..453bdbdcb17 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
@@ -503,6 +503,17 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals(0, this.response.getContentLength());
 	}
 
+	// SPR-14005
+	@Test
+	public void doOverwriteExistingCacheControlHeaders() throws Exception {
+		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.css");
+		this.response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store");
+
+		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
+
+		assertEquals("max-age=3600", this.response.getHeader("Cache-Control"));
+	}
+
 
 	private long dateHeaderAsLong(String responseHeaderName) throws Exception {
 		return dateFormat.parse(this.response.getHeader(responseHeaderName)).getTime();