diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/TransportInputStream.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/TransportInputStream.java
index 6569c847..128a2aed 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/TransportInputStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/TransportInputStream.java
@@ -30,9 +30,18 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  */
 public abstract class TransportInputStream extends InputStream {
 
+    private InputStream inputStream;
+
     protected TransportInputStream() {
     }
 
+    private InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+        if (inputStream == null) {
+            inputStream = createInputStream();
+        }
+        return inputStream;
+    }
+
     public void close() throws IOException {
         getInputStream().close();
     }
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ public abstract class TransportInputStream extends InputStream {
     /**
      * Returns the input stream to read from.
      */
-    protected abstract InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
+    protected abstract InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Returns an iteration over all the header names this request contains. Returns an empty <code>Iterator</code> if
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStream.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStream.java
index 516d54a3..2d456593 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStream.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class HttpServletTransportInputStream extends TransportInputStream {
         this.httpServletRequest = httpServletRequest;
     }
 
-    protected InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+    protected InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException {
         return httpServletRequest.getInputStream();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/StubTransportInputStream.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/StubTransportInputStream.java
index 4517d0ea..5db01410 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/StubTransportInputStream.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/StubTransportInputStream.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class StubTransportInputStream extends TransportInputStream {
         this.headers = headers;
     }
 
-    protected InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+    protected InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException {
         return inputStream;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStreamTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStreamTest.java
index 125ad686..2d84e160 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStreamTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpServletTransportInputStreamTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class HttpServletTransportInputStreamTest extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testReadInputStream() throws Exception {
-        request.setContent(content);
         byte[] result = FileCopyUtils.copyToByteArray(tis);
         assertTrue("Invalid contents", Arrays.equals(content, result));
     }
diff --git a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnectionTransportInputStream.java b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnectionTransportInputStream.java
index 78295e70..6d1035f1 100644
--- a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnectionTransportInputStream.java
+++ b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnectionTransportInputStream.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class HttpUrlConnectionTransportInputStream extends TransportInputStream
         }
     }
 
-    protected InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+    protected InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException {
         return connection.getInputStream();
     }
 }
diff --git a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsTransportInputStream.java b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsTransportInputStream.java
index a78ce260..9af1fff7 100644
--- a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsTransportInputStream.java
+++ b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/jms/JmsTransportInputStream.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class JmsTransportInputStream extends TransportInputStream {
         this.textMessage = textMessage;
     }
 
-    protected InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+    protected InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException {
         try {
             return new ByteArrayInputStream(textMessage.getText().getBytes("UTF-8"));
         }