diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
index 6683372e80..2148b498ca 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
@@ -188,9 +188,12 @@ public final class ProducesRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pro
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public ProducesRequestCondition getMatchingCondition(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
-		if (isEmpty() || CorsUtils.isPreFlightRequest(exchange.getRequest())) {
+		if (CorsUtils.isPreFlightRequest(exchange.getRequest())) {
 			return EMPTY_CONDITION;
 		}
+		if (isEmpty()) {
+			return this;
+		}
 		List<ProduceMediaTypeExpression> result = getMatchingExpressions(exchange);
 		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(result)) {
 			return new ProducesRequestCondition(result, this);
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
index 7abe05d674..d78674a56e 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.server.MockServerWebExchange;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.accept.RequestedContentTypeResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.accept.RequestedContentTypeResolverBuilder;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -129,6 +132,23 @@ public class ProducesRequestConditionTests {
 		assertNotNull(condition.getMatchingCondition(exchange));
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-22853
+	public void matchAndCompare() {
+		RequestedContentTypeResolverBuilder builder = new RequestedContentTypeResolverBuilder();
+		builder.headerResolver();
+		builder.fixedResolver(MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
+		RequestedContentTypeResolver resolver = builder.build();
+
+		ProducesRequestCondition none = new ProducesRequestCondition(new String[0], null, resolver);
+		ProducesRequestCondition html = new ProducesRequestCondition(new String[] {"text/html"}, null, resolver);
+
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(get("/").header("Accept", "*/*"));
+
+		ProducesRequestCondition noneMatch = none.getMatchingCondition(exchange);
+		ProducesRequestCondition htmlMatch = html.getMatchingCondition(exchange);
+
+		assertEquals(1, noneMatch.compareTo(htmlMatch, exchange));
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void compareTo() {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
index 72e35b4105..c0fb6ae0f2 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestCondition.java
@@ -189,10 +189,12 @@ public final class ProducesRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pro
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public ProducesRequestCondition getMatchingCondition(HttpServletRequest request) {
-		if (isEmpty() || CorsUtils.isPreFlightRequest(request)) {
+		if (CorsUtils.isPreFlightRequest(request)) {
 			return EMPTY_CONDITION;
 		}
-
+		if (isEmpty()) {
+			return this;
+		}
 		List<MediaType> acceptedMediaTypes;
 		try {
 			acceptedMediaTypes = getAcceptedMediaTypes(request);
@@ -200,7 +202,6 @@ public final class ProducesRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<Pro
 		catch (HttpMediaTypeException ex) {
 			return null;
 		}
-
 		List<ProduceMediaTypeExpression> result = getMatchingExpressions(acceptedMediaTypes);
 		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(result)) {
 			return new ProducesRequestCondition(result, this);
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceUrlEncodingFilter.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceUrlEncodingFilter.java
index e38ddabd1f..96578d5198 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceUrlEncodingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceUrlEncodingFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 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.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ public class ResourceUrlEncodingFilter extends GenericFilterBean {
 				String requestUri = pathHelper.getRequestUri(this);
 				String lookupPath = pathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(this);
 				this.indexLookupPath = requestUri.lastIndexOf(lookupPath);
+				Assert.isTrue(this.indexLookupPath != -1, () ->
+						"Failed to find lookupPath '" + lookupPath + "' within requestUri '" + requestUri + ". " +
+						"Does the path have invalid encoded characters " +
+								"for characterEncoding=" + getRequest().getCharacterEncoding() + "?");
 				this.prefixLookupPath = requestUri.substring(0, this.indexLookupPath);
 				if ("/".equals(lookupPath) && !"/".equals(requestUri)) {
 					String contextPath = pathHelper.getContextPath(this);
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
index fa0c3946cd..726d15e130 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/ProducesRequestConditionTests.java
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager;
+import org.springframework.web.accept.FixedContentNegotiationStrategy;
+import org.springframework.web.accept.HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.condition.ProducesRequestCondition.ProduceMediaTypeExpression;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -149,6 +153,24 @@ public class ProducesRequestConditionTests {
 		assertNotNull(condition.getMatchingCondition(request));
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-22853
+	public void matchAndCompare() {
+		ContentNegotiationManager manager = new ContentNegotiationManager(
+				new HeaderContentNegotiationStrategy(),
+				new FixedContentNegotiationStrategy(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
+
+		ProducesRequestCondition none = new ProducesRequestCondition(new String[0], null, manager);
+		ProducesRequestCondition html = new ProducesRequestCondition(new String[] {"text/html"}, null, manager);
+
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.addHeader("Accept", "*/*");
+
+		ProducesRequestCondition noneMatch = none.getMatchingCondition(request);
+		ProducesRequestCondition htmlMatch = html.getMatchingCondition(request);
+
+		assertEquals(1, noneMatch.compareTo(htmlMatch, request));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void compareTo() {
 		ProducesRequestCondition html = new ProducesRequestCondition("text/html");