diff --git a/spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/listener/adapter/AbstractAdaptableMessageListener.java b/spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/listener/adapter/AbstractAdaptableMessageListener.java
index 7603770c3d..10ae1cf820 100644
--- a/spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/listener/adapter/AbstractAdaptableMessageListener.java
+++ b/spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/listener/adapter/AbstractAdaptableMessageListener.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jms.listener.adapter;
 
+import javax.jms.BytesMessage;
 import javax.jms.Destination;
 import javax.jms.InvalidDestinationException;
 import javax.jms.JMSException;
@@ -204,9 +205,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdaptableMessageListener
 	/**
 	 * Extract the message body from the given JMS message.
 	 * @param message the JMS {@code Message}
-	 * @return the content of the message, to be passed into the
-	 * listener method as argument
-	 * @throws MessageConversionException if the message could not be unmarshaled
+	 * @return the content of the message, to be passed into the listener method
+	 * as an argument
+	 * @throws MessageConversionException if the message could not be extracted
 	 */
 	protected Object extractMessage(Message message)  {
 		try {
@@ -408,7 +409,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdaptableMessageListener
 
 		@Override
 		protected Object extractPayload(Message message) throws JMSException {
-			return extractMessage(message);
+			Object payload = extractMessage(message);
+			if (message instanceof BytesMessage) {
+				try {
+					// In case the BytesMessage is going to be received as a user argument:
+					// reset it, otherwise it would appear empty to such processing code...
+					((BytesMessage) message).reset();
+				}
+				catch (JMSException ex) {
+					// Continue since the BytesMessage typically won't be used any further.
+					logger.debug("Failed to reset BytesMessage after payload extraction", ex);
+				}
+			}
+			return payload;
 		}
 
 		@Override