diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
index b3203e4e05..046dac774b 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  * @since 3.0.2
  * @param <T> the body type
  * @see org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class HttpEntity<T> {
 	/**
 	 * The empty {@code HttpEntity}, with no body or headers.
 	 */
-	public static final HttpEntity<?> EMPTY = new HttpEntity<>();
+	public static final HttpEntity<?> EMPTY = new HttpEntity<>(HttpHeaders.EMPTY);
 
 
 	private final HttpHeaders headers;
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntityTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntityTests.java
index c6a7582910..95f0165b17 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntityTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntityTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 class HttpEntityTests {
 
@@ -123,4 +124,11 @@ class HttpEntityTests {
 		assertThat(requestEntity2).isEqualTo(requestEntity);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void emptyHttpEntityShouldBeImmutable() {
+		HttpHeaders newHeaders = new HttpHeaders(HttpEntity.EMPTY.getHeaders());
+		newHeaders.add("Authorization", "Bearer some-token");
+		assertThat(HttpEntity.EMPTY.getHeaders().headerNames()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
 }