diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
index 374f893f6..ebaee4163 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -215,12 +215,10 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 		if (this.saveState) {
 			Assert.state(StringUtils.hasText(this.name), "A name is required when saveState is set to true.");
 		}
-		else {
-			reader.setName(this.name);
-		}
 
 		Assert.notEmpty(this.fragmentRootElements, "At least one fragment root element is required");
 
+		reader.setName(this.name);
 		reader.setSaveState(this.saveState);
 		reader.setResource(this.resource);
 		reader.setFragmentRootElementNames(
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilderTests.java
index b5bf35022..478c621d2 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/builder/StaxEventItemReaderBuilderTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils.getField;
 
 /**
  * @author Michael Minella
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ public class StaxEventItemReaderBuilderTests {
 		assertEquals("five", item.getSecond());
 		assertEquals("six", item.getThird());
 		assertEquals(2, executionContext.size());
+
+		Object executionContextUserSupport = getField(reader, "executionContextUserSupport");
+		assertEquals("fooReader", getField(executionContextUserSupport, "name"));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = ItemStreamException.class)