diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
index fd0a1d0ddc..98523e9518 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ final class SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequest {
 	protected OutputStream getBodyInternal(HttpHeaders headers) throws IOException {
 		if (this.body == null) {
 			if (this.outputStreaming) {
-				int contentLength = (int) headers.getContentLength();
+				long contentLength = headers.getContentLength();
 				if (contentLength >= 0) {
 					this.connection.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(contentLength);
 				}