diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingView.java
index b7e2717067d..5a01641866f 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingView.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
+import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView;
  * property or have Spring locate the Source object.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class MarshallingView extends AbstractView {
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ public class MarshallingView extends AbstractView {
 	 */
 	public MarshallingView(Marshaller marshaller) {
 		this();
-		setMarshaller(marshaller);
+		Assert.notNull(marshaller, "Marshaller must not be null");
+		this.marshaller = marshaller;
 	}
 
 
@@ -75,7 +78,6 @@ public class MarshallingView extends AbstractView {
 	 * Sets the {@link Marshaller} to be used by this view.
 	 */
 	public void setMarshaller(Marshaller marshaller) {
-		Assert.notNull(marshaller, "Marshaller must not be null");
 		this.marshaller = marshaller;
 	}
 
@@ -112,9 +114,10 @@ public class MarshallingView extends AbstractView {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Locates the object to be marshalled. The default implementation first attempts to look
-	 * under the configured {@linkplain #setModelKey(String) model key}, if any, before attempting
-	 * to locate an object of {@linkplain Marshaller#supports(Class) supported type}.
+	 * Locate the object to be marshalled.
+	 * <p>The default implementation first attempts to look under the configured
+	 * {@linkplain #setModelKey(String) model key}, if any, before attempting to
+	 * locate an object of {@linkplain Marshaller#supports(Class) supported type}.
 	 * @param model the model Map
 	 * @return the Object to be marshalled (or {@code null} if none found)
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the model object specified by the
@@ -134,7 +137,8 @@ public class MarshallingView extends AbstractView {
 			return obj;
 		}
 		for (Object obj : model.values()) {
-			if (obj != null && this.marshaller.supports(obj.getClass())) {
+			if (obj != null && (model.size() == 1 || !(obj instanceof BindingResult)) &&
+					this.marshaller.supports(obj.getClass())) {
 				return obj;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingViewTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingViewTests.java
index 4b6cddcda60..39e58a96efa 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MarshallingViewTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
+import org.springframework.validation.BeanPropertyBindingResult;
+import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
@@ -35,9 +38,10 @@ import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
  */
 public class MarshallingViewTests {
 
+	private Marshaller marshallerMock;
+
 	private MarshallingView view;
 
-	private Marshaller marshallerMock;
 
 	@Before
 	public void createView() throws Exception {
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ public class MarshallingViewTests {
 		view = new MarshallingView(marshallerMock);
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void getContentType() {
 		assertEquals("Invalid content type", "application/xml", view.getContentType());
@@ -159,6 +164,26 @@ public class MarshallingViewTests {
 		verify(marshallerMock).marshal(eq(toBeMarshalled), isA(StreamResult.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void renderNoModelKeyAndBindingResultFirst() throws Exception {
+		Object toBeMarshalled = new Object();
+		String modelKey = "key";
+		Map<String, Object> model = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+		model.put(BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX + modelKey, new BeanPropertyBindingResult(toBeMarshalled, modelKey));
+		model.put(modelKey, toBeMarshalled);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+
+		given(marshallerMock.supports(BeanPropertyBindingResult.class)).willReturn(true);
+		given(marshallerMock.supports(Object.class)).willReturn(true);
+
+		view.render(model, request, response);
+		assertEquals("Invalid content type", "application/xml", response.getContentType());
+		assertEquals("Invalid content length", 0, response.getContentLength());
+		verify(marshallerMock).marshal(eq(toBeMarshalled), isA(StreamResult.class));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRenderUnsupportedModel() throws Exception {
 		Object toBeMarshalled = new Object();