diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver.java
index 717fbcf4df..c24421bf9c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver.java
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver implements HttpServiceA
 
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
+
+	@Nullable
 	private final ConversionService conversionService;
 
 	private final Map<MethodParameter, NamedValueInfo> namedValueInfoCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(256);
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Create an instance.
+	 * Constructor for a resolver to a String value.
 	 * @param conversionService the {@link ConversionService} to use to format
 	 * Object to String values
 	 */
@@ -58,12 +60,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver implements HttpServiceA
 		this.conversionService = conversionService;
 	}
 
-
 	/**
-	 * Return the configured {@link ConversionService}.
+	 * Constructor for a resolver to an Object value, without conversion.
 	 */
-	public ConversionService getConversionService() {
-		return this.conversionService;
+	protected AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver() {
+		this.conversionService = null;
 	}
 
 
@@ -166,8 +167,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver implements HttpServiceA
 			value = defaultValue;
 		}
 
-		if (!(value instanceof String)) {
-			value = getConversionService().convert(value, String.class);
+		if (this.conversionService != null && !(value instanceof String)) {
+			value = this.conversionService.convert(value, String.class);
 		}
 
 		if (value == null) {
@@ -179,17 +180,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamedValueArgumentResolver implements HttpServiceA
 			logger.trace("Resolved " + valueLabel + " value '" + name + ":" + value + "'");
 		}
 
-		addRequestValue(name, (String) value, requestValues);
+		addRequestValue(name, value, requestValues);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Add the given, single request value. This may be called multiples times
 	 * if the request value is multivalued.
+	 * <p>If the resolver was created with a {@link ConversionService}, the value
+	 * will have been converted to a String and may be cast down.
 	 * @param name the request value name
 	 * @param value the value
 	 * @param requestValues builder to add the request value to
 	 */
-	protected abstract void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues);
+	protected abstract void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues);
 
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/CookieValueArgumentResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/CookieValueArgumentResolver.java
index e896e8fe65..9c5ba8fc59 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/CookieValueArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/CookieValueArgumentResolver.java
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ public class CookieValueArgumentResolver extends AbstractNamedValueArgumentResol
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
-		requestValues.addCookie(name, value);
+	protected void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
+		requestValues.addCookie(name, (String) value);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/PathVariableArgumentResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/PathVariableArgumentResolver.java
index 810c3f3c0c..6664ad20d7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/PathVariableArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/PathVariableArgumentResolver.java
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public class PathVariableArgumentResolver extends AbstractNamedValueArgumentReso
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
-		requestValues.setUriVariable(name, value);
+	protected void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
+		requestValues.setUriVariable(name, (String) value);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolver.java
index 46ff6ff9a1..7d46b8b1f7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolver.java
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public class RequestHeaderArgumentResolver extends AbstractNamedValueArgumentRes
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
-		requestValues.addHeader(name, value);
+	protected void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
+		requestValues.addHeader(name, (String) value);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestParamArgumentResolver.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestParamArgumentResolver.java
index 566c6f6f27..d7b904db1e 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestParamArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestParamArgumentResolver.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public class RequestParamArgumentResolver extends AbstractNamedValueArgumentReso
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
-		requestValues.addRequestParameter(name, value);
+	protected void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
+		requestValues.addRequestParameter(name, (String) value);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/NamedValueArgumentResolverTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/NamedValueArgumentResolverTests.java
index d447200490..c1931329e1 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/NamedValueArgumentResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/NamedValueArgumentResolverTests.java
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ class NamedValueArgumentResolverTests {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		protected void addRequestValue(String name, String value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
-			this.testValues.add(name, value);
+		protected void addRequestValue(String name, Object value, HttpRequestValues.Builder requestValues) {
+			this.testValues.add(name, (String) value);
 		}
 	}