diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index 25c9184e0fc..d89bb8fb8c2 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 			try {
 				StreamUtils.copy(in, response.getOutputStream());
 			}
+			catch (NullPointerException ex) {
+				// ignore, see SPR-13620
+			}
 			finally {
 				try {
 					in.close();
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 176ac6bc041..bb5f502231a 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
@@ -478,6 +478,20 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals(0, this.response.getContentLength());
 	}
 
+	// SPR-13620
+	@Test
+	public void writeContentInputStreamThrowingNullPointerException() throws Exception {
+		Resource resource = mock(Resource.class);
+		InputStream in = mock(InputStream.class);
+		given(resource.getInputStream()).willReturn(in);
+		given(in.read(any())).willThrow(NullPointerException.class);
+
+		this.handler.writeContent(this.response, resource);
+
+		assertEquals(200, this.response.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(0, this.response.getContentLength());
+	}
+
 
 	private long dateHeaderAsLong(String responseHeaderName) throws Exception {
 		return dateFormat.parse(this.response.getHeader(responseHeaderName)).getTime();