diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DefaultDataBuffer.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DefaultDataBuffer.java
index 16f14a43ada..c9d5e57d4d8 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DefaultDataBuffer.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DefaultDataBuffer.java
@@ -272,10 +272,13 @@ public class DefaultDataBuffer implements DataBuffer {
 						ByteBuffer.allocate(minCapacity));
 
 		// Explicit cast for compatibility with covariant return type on JDK 9's ByteBuffer
-		((Buffer) oldBuffer).position(this.readPosition);
+		final int remaining = readableByteCount();
+		((Buffer) oldBuffer).position(this.readPosition).limit(this.writePosition);
 		newBuffer.put(oldBuffer);
 
 		this.byteBuffer = newBuffer;
+		this.readPosition = 0;
+		this.writePosition = remaining;
 		oldBuffer.clear();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
index 05c68e5d4eb..8f0bbfd487c 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -266,4 +267,20 @@ public class DataBufferTests extends AbstractDataBufferAllocatingTestCase {
 	}
 
 
+	@Test
+	public void growDataBuffer() {
+		DataBuffer buffer = stringBuffer("Hello World!");
+
+		byte[] bytes = new byte[5];
+		buffer.read(bytes);
+		assertArrayEquals("Hello".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), bytes);
+
+		buffer.write("!!".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+		bytes = new byte[9];
+		buffer.read(bytes);
+		assertArrayEquals(" World!!!".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), bytes);
+	}
+
+
 }
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