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 ba1b56338f6..e6e8178e10d 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
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 						HttpRange.toResourceRegions(httpRanges, resource), mediaType, outputMessage);
 			}
 			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				response.setContentType(null);
 				response.setHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_RANGE, "bytes */" + resource.contentLength());
 				response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE);
 			}
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 923a2b6a717..7c69d95f720 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
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 			this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
 
 			assertThat(this.response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(416);
+			// MockHttpServletResponse does not reset content type in 6.2.x
+			//assertThat(this.response.getHeaderNames()).doesNotContain(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE);
 			assertThat(this.response.getHeader("Content-Range")).isEqualTo("bytes */10");
 			assertThat(this.response.getHeader("Accept-Ranges")).isEqualTo("bytes");
 			assertThat(this.response.getHeaders("Accept-Ranges")).hasSize(1);