diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
index 5d33a3d449..9da249f7c0 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
@@ -355,11 +355,6 @@ public class ResourceWebHandler implements WebHandler, InitializingBean {
 						setHeaders(exchange, resource, mediaType);
 
 						// Content phase
-						if (HttpMethod.HEAD.matches(exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue())) {
-							exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().set(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_RANGES, "bytes");
-							return Mono.empty();
-						}
-
 						ResourceHttpMessageWriter writer = getResourceHttpMessageWriter();
 						Assert.state(writer != null, "No ResourceHttpMessageWriter");
 						return writer.write(Mono.just(resource),
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
index 607eca3f6b..436e7a9f4c 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ public class ResourceWebHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals(headers.getLastModified() / 1000, resourceLastModifiedDate("test/foo.css") / 1000);
 		assertEquals("bytes", headers.getFirst("Accept-Ranges"));
 		assertEquals(1, headers.get("Accept-Ranges").size());
-
-		StepVerifier.create(exchange.getResponse().getBody())
-				.expectErrorMatches(ex -> ex.getMessage().startsWith("No content was written"))
-				.verify();
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index ba40aa96d0..ab1e3bd09e 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -478,10 +478,6 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 		setHeaders(response, resource, mediaType);
 
 		// Content phase
-		if (METHOD_HEAD.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		ServletServerHttpResponse outputMessage = new ServletServerHttpResponse(response);
 		if (request.getHeader(HttpHeaders.RANGE) == null) {
 			Assert.state(this.resourceHttpMessageConverter != null, "Not initialized");
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index 7ed815f74b..9be9f579c9 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals(resourceLastModified("test/foo.css") / 1000, this.response.getDateHeader("Last-Modified") / 1000);
 		assertEquals("bytes", this.response.getHeader("Accept-Ranges"));
 		assertEquals(1, this.response.getHeaders("Accept-Ranges").size());
-		assertEquals(0, this.response.getContentAsByteArray().length);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -680,6 +679,20 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		assertEquals("Accept-Encoding", this.response.getHeaderValue("Vary"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-25976
+	public void partialContentWithHttpHead() throws Exception {
+		this.request.setMethod("HEAD");
+		this.request.addHeader("Range", "bytes=0-1");
+		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.txt");
+		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
+
+		assertEquals(206, this.response.getStatus());
+		assertEquals("text/plain", this.response.getContentType());
+		assertEquals(2, this.response.getContentLength());
+		assertEquals("bytes 0-1/10", this.response.getHeader("Content-Range"));
+		assertEquals("bytes", this.response.getHeaderValue("Accept-Ranges"));
+	}
+
 	@Test  // SPR-14005
 	public void doOverwriteExistingCacheControlHeaders() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.css");