diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReader.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReader.java
index ff58e9e5af..53b5d614bf 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReader.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReader.java
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ public class FormHttpMessageReader implements HttpMessageReader<MultiValueMap<St
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean canRead(ResolvableType elementType, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
-		return (MULTIVALUE_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(elementType)  ||
-				(elementType.hasUnresolvableGenerics() && MultiValueMap.class.isAssignableFrom(elementType.resolve()))) &&
-				(mediaType == null || MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.isCompatibleWith(mediaType));
+		return ((MULTIVALUE_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(elementType) ||
+				(elementType.hasUnresolvableGenerics() &&
+						MultiValueMap.class.isAssignableFrom(elementType.resolve(Object.class)))) &&
+				(mediaType == null || MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.isCompatibleWith(mediaType)));
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriter.java
index 6ef33124e6..ffee0fb851 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriter.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class FormHttpMessageWriter implements HttpMessageWriter<MultiValueMap<St
 	@Override
 	public boolean canWrite(ResolvableType elementType, @Nullable MediaType mediaType) {
 		return (MULTIVALUE_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(elementType) ||
-				(elementType.hasUnresolvableGenerics() && MultiValueMap.class.isAssignableFrom(elementType.resolve()))) &&
+				(elementType.hasUnresolvableGenerics() &&
+						MultiValueMap.class.isAssignableFrom(elementType.resolve(Object.class)))) &&
 				(mediaType == null || MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.isCompatibleWith(mediaType));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReaderTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReaderTests.java
index 55466f255a..58c1ef5d34 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageReaderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.http.codec;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.test.MockServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  */
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public class FormHttpMessageReaderTests {
 
 	private final FormHttpMessageReader reader = new FormHttpMessageReader();
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void canRead() {
 		assertTrue(this.reader.canRead(
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public class FormHttpMessageReaderTests {
 		assertNull("Invalid result", result.getFirst("name 3"));
 	}
 
+
 	private MockServerHttpRequest request(String body) {
 		return MockServerHttpRequest
 					.method(HttpMethod.GET, "/")
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriterTests.java
index 1bd1fff361..38b77a5aec 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/codec/FormHttpMessageWriterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.http.codec;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -30,6 +27,8 @@ import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.test.MockServerHttpResponse
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  */
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor.java
index d2fb86225b..0bfe426aa2 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor.java
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ public class ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor extends ModelAttributeMethodPr
 	 * @param request the current request
 	 * @return the created model attribute, or {@code null} if no suitable
 	 * conversion found
-	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	protected Object createAttributeFromRequestValue(String sourceValue, String attributeName,