diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 4a887b1c87..66989976dc 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpOutputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonValue;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
@@ -98,11 +99,12 @@ public class MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests {
 				outputMessage.getHeaders().getContentType());
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = IOException.class)
+	@Test
 	public void readInvalidXml() throws IOException {
 		String body = "FooBar";
 		MockHttpInputMessage inputMessage = new MockHttpInputMessage(body.getBytes("UTF-8"));
 		inputMessage.getHeaders().setContentType(new MediaType("application", "xml"));
+		this.thrown.expect(HttpMessageNotReadableException.class);
 		converter.read(MyBean.class, inputMessage);
 	}
 
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		MockHttpInputMessage inputMessage = new MockHttpInputMessage(body.getBytes("UTF-8"));
 		inputMessage.getHeaders().setContentType(new MediaType("application", "xml"));
 
-		this.thrown.expect(IOException.class);
+		this.thrown.expect(HttpMessageNotReadableException.class);
 		this.converter.read(MyBean.class, inputMessage);
 	}
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		MockHttpInputMessage inputMessage = new MockHttpInputMessage(body.getBytes("UTF-8"));
 		inputMessage.getHeaders().setContentType(new MediaType("application", "xml"));
 
-		this.thrown.expect(IOException.class);
+		this.thrown.expect(HttpMessageNotReadableException.class);
 		this.converter.read(MyBean.class, inputMessage);
 	}