diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
index baf161047b..6f98d016a8 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java
@@ -264,13 +264,13 @@ public interface DataBuffer {
 					break;
 				}
 				if (cr.isOverflow()) {
-					writePosition(outBuffer.position());
+					writePosition(writePosition() + outBuffer.position());
 					int maximumSize = (int) (inBuffer.remaining() * charsetEncoder.maxBytesPerChar());
 					ensureCapacity(maximumSize);
 					outBuffer = asByteBuffer(writePosition(), writableByteCount());
 				}
 			}
-			writePosition(outBuffer.position());
+			writePosition(writePosition() + outBuffer.position());
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
index 2b78b16df9..054b60f14c 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBufferTests.java
@@ -225,6 +225,27 @@ public class DataBufferTests extends AbstractDataBufferAllocatingTestCase {
 		release(buffer);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void writeMultipleUtf8String() {
+
+		DataBuffer buffer = createDataBuffer(1);
+		buffer.write("abc", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		assertEquals(3, buffer.readableByteCount());
+
+		buffer.write("def", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		assertEquals(6, buffer.readableByteCount());
+
+		buffer.write("ghi", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		assertEquals(9, buffer.readableByteCount());
+
+		byte[] result = new byte[9];
+		buffer.read(result);
+
+		assertArrayEquals("abcdefghi".getBytes(), result);
+
+		release(buffer);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void inputStream() throws IOException {
 		DataBuffer buffer = createDataBuffer(4);