diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplate.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplate.java
index 57d229ec..9d5bb46a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplate.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -53,9 +56,6 @@ import org.springframework.ws.transport.context.TransportContext;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.context.TransportContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.http.HttpUrlConnectionMessageSender;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
 /**
  * <strong>The central class for client-side Web services.</strong> It provides a message-driven approach to sending and
  * receiving {@link WebServiceMessage} instances.
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ public class WebServiceTemplate extends WebServiceAccessor implements WebService
                     return handleFault(connection, request, response);
                 }
                 else {
+                    Object extracted = responseExtractor.extractData(response);
                     logResponse(request, response);
-                    return responseExtractor.extractData(response);
+                    return extracted;
                 }
             }
             else {