diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/support/AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/support/AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader.java
index a8fec29d2..592c5256c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/support/AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/support/AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStream;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamException;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ParseException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.UnexpectedInputException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.util.ExecutionContextUserSupport;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * 
  * @author Robert Kasanicky
  */
-public abstract class AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader<T> implements ItemReader<T>, ItemStream {
+public abstract class AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemReader<T> implements ItemStreamReader<T> {
 
 	private static final String READ_COUNT = "read.count";