diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2JsonDecoder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2JsonDecoder.java
index cb746825441..2bc2e89b6d1 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2JsonDecoder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/json/Jackson2JsonDecoder.java
@@ -82,11 +82,7 @@ public class Jackson2JsonDecoder extends Jackson2CodecSupport implements HttpMes
 	public Flux<Object> decode(Publisher<DataBuffer> input, ResolvableType elementType,
 			@Nullable MimeType mimeType, @Nullable Map<String, Object> hints) {
 
-		Jackson2Tokenizer tokenizer = new Jackson2Tokenizer(nonBlockingParser(), true);
-		Flux<TokenBuffer> tokens = Flux.from(input)
-				.flatMap(tokenizer)
-				.doFinally(t -> tokenizer.endOfInput());
-
+		Flux<TokenBuffer> tokens = tokenize(input, true);
 		return decodeInternal(tokens, elementType, mimeType, hints);
 	}
 
@@ -94,14 +90,26 @@ public class Jackson2JsonDecoder extends Jackson2CodecSupport implements HttpMes
 	public Mono<Object> decodeToMono(Publisher<DataBuffer> input, ResolvableType elementType,
 			@Nullable MimeType mimeType, @Nullable Map<String, Object> hints) {
 
-		Jackson2Tokenizer tokenizer = new Jackson2Tokenizer(nonBlockingParser(), false);
-		Flux<TokenBuffer> tokens = Flux.from(input)
-				.flatMap(tokenizer)
-				.doFinally(t -> tokenizer.endOfInput());
-
+		Flux<TokenBuffer> tokens = tokenize(input, false);
 		return decodeInternal(tokens, elementType, mimeType, hints).singleOrEmpty();
 	}
 
+	private Flux<TokenBuffer> tokenize(Publisher<DataBuffer> input, boolean tokenizeArrayElements) {
+		try {
+			JsonFactory factory = objectMapper().getFactory();
+			JsonParser nonBlockingParser = factory.createNonBlockingByteArrayParser();
+			Jackson2Tokenizer tokenizer = new Jackson2Tokenizer(nonBlockingParser,
+					tokenizeArrayElements);
+			return Flux.from(input)
+					.flatMap(tokenizer)
+					.doFinally(t -> tokenizer.endOfInput());
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex) {
+			return Flux.error(new UncheckedIOException(ex));
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	private Flux<Object> decodeInternal(Flux<TokenBuffer> tokens,
 			ResolvableType elementType, @Nullable MimeType mimeType,
 			@Nullable Map<String, Object> hints) {
@@ -118,19 +126,18 @@ public class Jackson2JsonDecoder extends Jackson2CodecSupport implements HttpMes
 				objectMapper().readerWithView(jsonView).forType(javaType) :
 				objectMapper().readerFor(javaType));
 
-		return tokens.flatMap(tokenBuffer -> {
+		return tokens.map(tokenBuffer -> {
 			try {
-				Object value = reader.readValue(tokenBuffer.asParser());
-				return Mono.just(value);
+				return reader.readValue(tokenBuffer.asParser());
 			}
 			catch (InvalidDefinitionException ex) {
-				return Mono.error(new CodecException("Type definition error: " + ex.getType(), ex));
+				throw new CodecException("Type definition error: " + ex.getType(), ex);
 			}
 			catch (JsonProcessingException ex) {
-				return Mono.error(new DecodingException("JSON decoding error: " + ex.getOriginalMessage(), ex));
+				throw new DecodingException("JSON decoding error: " + ex.getOriginalMessage(), ex);
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
-				return Mono.error(new DecodingException("I/O error while parsing input stream", ex));
+				throw new DecodingException("I/O error while parsing input stream", ex);
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -150,13 +157,4 @@ public class Jackson2JsonDecoder extends Jackson2CodecSupport implements HttpMes
 		return parameter.getParameterAnnotation(annotType);
 	}
 
-	private JsonParser nonBlockingParser() {
-		try {
-			JsonFactory factory = this.objectMapper().getFactory();
-			return factory.createNonBlockingByteArrayParser();
-		}
-		catch (IOException ex) {
-			throw new UncheckedIOException(ex);
-		}
-	}
 }