diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpClientErrorException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpClientErrorException.java
index 11f583de3b8..99de72b1607 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpClientErrorException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpClientErrorException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
  */
 public class HttpClientErrorException extends HttpStatusCodeException {
 
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 6777393766937023392L;
+
 	/**
 	 * Construct a new instance of {@code HttpClientErrorException} based on a {@link HttpStatus}.
 	 * @param statusCode the status code
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpServerErrorException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpServerErrorException.java
index 3828b036d8a..9549dcbd0e5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpServerErrorException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpServerErrorException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
  */
 public class HttpServerErrorException extends HttpStatusCodeException {
 
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -2565832100451369997L;
+
 	/**
 	 * Construct a new instance of {@code HttpServerErrorException} based on a {@link HttpStatus}.
 	 *
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeException.java
index 3a9355a06af..e2396e0683d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
  * Abstract base class for exceptions based on an {@link HttpStatus}.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Chris Beams
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public abstract class HttpStatusCodeException extends RestClientException {
 
-	private static final Charset DEFAULT_CHARSET = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1549626836533638803L;
+
+	private static final String DEFAULT_CHARSET = "ISO-8859-1";
 
 	private final HttpStatus statusCode;
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class HttpStatusCodeException extends RestClientException {
 
 	private final byte[] responseBody;
 
-	private final Charset responseCharset;
+	private final String responseCharset;
 
 	/**
 	 * Construct a new instance of {@code HttpStatusCodeException} based on a {@link HttpStatus}.
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ public abstract class HttpStatusCodeException extends RestClientException {
 		this.statusCode = statusCode;
 		this.statusText = statusText;
 		this.responseBody = responseBody != null ? responseBody : new byte[0];
-		this.responseCharset = responseCharset != null ? responseCharset : DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+		this.responseCharset = responseCharset != null ? responseCharset.name() : DEFAULT_CHARSET;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class HttpStatusCodeException extends RestClientException {
 	 */
 	public String getResponseBodyAsString() {
 		try {
-			return new String(responseBody, responseCharset.name());
+			return new String(responseBody, responseCharset);
 		}
 		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
 			// should not occur
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeExceptionTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeExceptionTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6614227c24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/HttpStatusCodeExceptionTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.web.client;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link HttpStatusCodeException} and subclasses.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Beams
+ */
+public class HttpStatusCodeExceptionTests {
+
+	/**
+	 * Corners bug SPR-9273, which reported the fact that following the changes made in
+	 * SPR-7591, {@link HttpStatusCodeException} and subtypes became no longer
+	 * serializable due to the addition of a non-serializable {@link Charset} field.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testSerializability() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+		HttpStatusCodeException ex1 = new HttpClientErrorException(
+				HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, null, null, Charset.forName("US-ASCII"));
+		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		new ObjectOutputStream(out).writeObject(ex1);
+		ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
+		HttpStatusCodeException ex2 =
+				(HttpStatusCodeException) new ObjectInputStream(in).readObject();
+		assertThat(ex2.getResponseBodyAsString(), equalTo(ex1.getResponseBodyAsString()));
+	}
+
+}