diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReaderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReaderTests.java
index c9ec45253..4123d999d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReaderTests.java
@@ -15,8 +15,18 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.batch.item.file;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemCountAware;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamException;
@@ -29,15 +39,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 /**
  * Tests for {@link FlatFileItemReader}.
  */
@@ -52,13 +53,17 @@ public class FlatFileItemReaderTests {
 
 	private ExecutionContext executionContext = new ExecutionContext();
 
+	private Resource inputResource2 = getInputResource("testLine1\ntestLine2\ntestLine3\ntestLine4\ntestLine5\ntestLine6");
+
+	private Resource inputResource1 = getInputResource("testLine1\ntestLine2\ntestLine3\ntestLine4\ntestLine5\ntestLine6");
+
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 
-		reader.setResource(getInputResource("testLine1\ntestLine2\ntestLine3\ntestLine4\ntestLine5\ntestLine6"));
+		reader.setResource(inputResource1);
 		reader.setLineMapper(new PassThroughLineMapper());
 
-		itemReader.setResource(getInputResource("testLine1\ntestLine2\ntestLine3\ntestLine4\ntestLine5\ntestLine6"));
+		itemReader.setResource(inputResource2);
 		itemReader.setLineMapper(new ItemLineMapper());
 	}
 
@@ -445,7 +450,7 @@ public class FlatFileItemReaderTests {
 			assertEquals(2, expected.getLineNumber());
 			assertEquals("testLine2", expected.getInput());
 			assertEquals("Couldn't map line 2", expected.getCause().getMessage());
-			assertEquals("Parsing error at line: 2 in resource=[resource loaded from byte array], input=[testLine2]", expected.getMessage());
+			assertEquals(String.format("Parsing error at line: 2 in resource=[%s], input=[testLine2]", inputResource1.toString()), expected.getMessage());
 		}
 	}