diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/FeignUtils.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/FeignUtils.java
index af24d7ac..db2247d2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/FeignUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/FeignUtils.java
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public final class FeignUtils {
 
 	static Collection<String> addTemplateParameter(Collection<String> possiblyNull,
 			String paramName) {
-		Collection<String> params = ofNullable(possiblyNull).orElse(new ArrayList<>());
+		Collection<String> params = ofNullable(possiblyNull).map(ArrayList::new)
+				.orElse(new ArrayList<>());
 		params.add(String.format("{%s}", paramName));
 		return params;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
index 3efdad96..fed0b6c0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/support/SpringMvcContractTests.java
@@ -523,6 +523,18 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 		this.contract.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testAddingTemplatedParameterWithTheSameKey()
+			throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		Method method = TestTemplate_Advanced.class.getDeclaredMethod(
+				"testAddingTemplatedParamForExistingKey", String.class);
+		MethodMetadata data = contract
+				.parseAndValidateMetadata(method.getDeclaringClass(), method);
+
+		assertThat(data.template().headers().get("Accept")).contains("application/json",
+				"{Accept}");
+	}
+
 	public interface TestTemplate_Simple {
 
 		@RequestMapping(value = "/test/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
@@ -645,6 +657,10 @@ public class SpringMvcContractTests {
 		@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
 		TestObject getTest();
 
+		@GetMapping(produces = "application/json")
+		String testAddingTemplatedParamForExistingKey(
+				@RequestHeader("Accept") String accept);
+
 	}
 
 	public interface TestTemplate_DateTimeFormatParameter {