diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
index 95368a137d9..99d09eefe1a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StreamUtils.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -133,9 +131,8 @@ public abstract class StreamUtils {
 		Assert.notNull(charset, "No Charset specified");
 		Assert.notNull(out, "No OutputStream specified");
 
-		Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(out, charset);
-		writer.write(in);
-		writer.flush();
+		out.write(in.getBytes(charset));
+		out.flush();
 	}
 
 	/**