diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.java
index 3007318e94f..fb7abfeb8ed 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.DigestUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletWebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.util.ContentCachingResponseWrapper;
 import org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils;
 
@@ -117,11 +119,12 @@ public class ShallowEtagHeaderFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 		HttpServletResponse rawResponse = (HttpServletResponse) wrapper.getResponse();
 
 		if (isEligibleForEtag(request, wrapper, wrapper.getStatus(), wrapper.getContentInputStream())) {
-			String responseETag = generateETagHeaderValue(wrapper.getContentInputStream(), this.writeWeakETag);
-			rawResponse.setHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG, responseETag);
-			String requestETag = request.getHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_NONE_MATCH);
-			if (requestETag != null && ("*".equals(requestETag) || compareETagHeaderValue(requestETag, responseETag))) {
-				rawResponse.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_MODIFIED);
+			String eTag = wrapper.getHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG);
+			if (!StringUtils.hasText(eTag)) {
+				eTag = generateETagHeaderValue(wrapper.getContentInputStream(), this.writeWeakETag);
+				rawResponse.setHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG, eTag);
+			}
+			if (new ServletWebRequest(request, rawResponse).checkNotModified(eTag)) {
 				return;
 			}
 		}
@@ -224,15 +227,19 @@ public class ShallowEtagHeaderFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
 		@Override
 		public ServletOutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
-			return (isContentCachingDisabled(this.request) ?
+			return (isContentCachingDisabled(this.request) || hasETag() ?
 					getResponse().getOutputStream() : super.getOutputStream());
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public PrintWriter getWriter() throws IOException {
-			return (isContentCachingDisabled(this.request) ?
+			return (isContentCachingDisabled(this.request) || hasETag()?
 					getResponse().getWriter() : super.getWriter());
 		}
+
+		private boolean hasETag() {
+			return StringUtils.hasText(getHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG));
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorTests.java
index 10b31886546..1b809cf281e 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter;
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.ShallowEtagHeaderFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
@@ -200,6 +207,41 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(servletResponse.getContentAsString()).isEqualTo("Foo");
 	}
 
+	@Test  // SPR-13423
+	public void handleReturnValueWithETagAndETagFilter() throws Exception {
+
+		String eTagValue = "\"deadb33f8badf00d\"";
+		String content = "body";
+
+		Method method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("handle");
+		MethodParameter returnType = new MethodParameter(method, -1);
+
+		FilterChain chain = (req, res) -> {
+			ResponseEntity<String> returnValue = ResponseEntity.ok().eTag(eTagValue).body(content);
+			try {
+				ServletWebRequest requestToUse =
+						new ServletWebRequest((HttpServletRequest) req, (HttpServletResponse) res);
+
+				new HttpEntityMethodProcessor(Collections.singletonList(new StringHttpMessageConverter()))
+						.handleReturnValue(returnValue, returnType, mavContainer, requestToUse);
+
+				assertThat(this.servletResponse.getContentAsString())
+						.as("Response body was cached? It should be written directly to the raw response")
+						.isEqualTo(content);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+			}
+		};
+
+		this.servletRequest.setMethod("GET");
+		new ShallowEtagHeaderFilter().doFilter(this.servletRequest, this.servletResponse, chain);
+
+		assertThat(this.servletResponse.getStatus()).isEqualTo(200);
+		assertThat(this.servletResponse.getHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG)).isEqualTo(eTagValue);
+		assertThat(this.servletResponse.getContentAsString()).isEqualTo(content);
+	}
+
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private void handle(HttpEntity<List<SimpleBean>> arg1, HttpEntity<SimpleBean> arg2) {