diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
index d13e7baf90e..c5034996c65 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -990,12 +990,14 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 			try {
 				HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
 				headers.add(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, value.toString());
-				setPreferredLocales(headers.getAcceptLanguageAsLocales());
+				List<Locale> locales = headers.getAcceptLanguageAsLocales();
+				this.locales.clear();
+				this.locales.addAll(locales);
 			}
 			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// Invalid Accept-Language format -> store plain header instead
-				doAddHeaderValue(name, value, true);
+				// Invalid Accept-Language format -> just store plain header
 			}
+			doAddHeaderValue(name, value, true);
 		}
 		else {
 			doAddHeaderValue(name, value, false);
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
index 4c5c1030858..7865109c4ac 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletRequestTests.java
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestTests {
 		List<Locale> actual = Collections.list(request.getLocales());
 		assertEquals(Arrays.asList(Locale.forLanguageTag("fr-ch"), Locale.forLanguageTag("fr"),
 				Locale.forLanguageTag("en"), Locale.forLanguageTag("de")), actual);
+		assertEquals(headerValue, request.getHeader("Accept-Language"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -500,25 +501,25 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void httpHeaderRfcFormatedDate() {
+	public void httpHeaderRfcFormattedDate() {
 		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, "Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:00:00 GMT");
 		assertEquals(1437472800000L, request.getDateHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE));
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void httpHeaderFirstVariantFormatedDate() {
+	public void httpHeaderFirstVariantFormattedDate() {
 		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, "Tue, 21-Jul-15 10:00:00 GMT");
 		assertEquals(1437472800000L, request.getDateHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE));
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void httpHeaderSecondVariantFormatedDate() {
+	public void httpHeaderSecondVariantFormattedDate() {
 		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, "Tue Jul 21 10:00:00 2015");
 		assertEquals(1437472800000L, request.getDateHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-	public void httpHeaderFormatedDateError() {
+	public void httpHeaderFormattedDateError() {
 		request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE, "This is not a date");
 		request.getDateHeader(HttpHeaders.IF_MODIFIED_SINCE);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletRequest.java
index 7552e9d9c39..e4c910b82c6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/test/MockHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -969,12 +969,14 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequest implements HttpServletRequest {
 			try {
 				HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
 				headers.add(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, value.toString());
-				setPreferredLocales(headers.getAcceptLanguageAsLocales());
+				List<Locale> locales = headers.getAcceptLanguageAsLocales();
+				this.locales.clear();
+				this.locales.addAll(locales);
 			}
 			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// Invalid Accept-Language format -> store plain header instead
-				doAddHeaderValue(name, value, true);
+				// Invalid Accept-Language format -> just store plain header
 			}
+			doAddHeaderValue(name, value, true);
 		}
 		else {
 			doAddHeaderValue(name, value, false);