diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandler.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandler.java
index 1d7ce7206..c37e7092c 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandler.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class RepositoryRestExceptionHandler {
 	}
 
 	private <T extends Exception> ResponseEntity<ExceptionMessage> badRequest(T throwable) {
-		return badRequest(null, throwable);
+		return badRequest(new HttpHeaders(), throwable);
 	}
 
 	private <T extends Exception> ResponseEntity<ExceptionMessage> badRequest(HttpHeaders headers, T throwable) {
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandlerUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandlerUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b21f2a237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryRestExceptionHandlerUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.support.StaticMessageSource;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.support.ExceptionMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link RepositoryRestExceptionHandler}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class RepositoryRestExceptionHandlerUnitTests {
+
+	static final RepositoryRestExceptionHandler HANDLER = new RepositoryRestExceptionHandler(new StaticMessageSource());
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREST-427
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handlesHttpMessageNotReadableException() {
+
+		ResponseEntity<ExceptionMessage> result = HANDLER
+				.handleNotReadable(new HttpMessageNotReadableException("Message!"));
+
+		assertThat(result.getStatusCode(), is(org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST));
+	}
+}