diff --git a/webhook/admission.go b/webhook/admission.go
index 857987ad3c..d7e241343a 100644
--- a/webhook/admission.go
+++ b/webhook/admission.go
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package webhook
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -91,10 +93,12 @@ func admissionHandler(rootLogger *zap.SugaredLogger, stats StatsReporter, c Admi
 		logger.Infof("Webhook ServeHTTP request=%#v", r)
 
 		var review admissionv1.AdmissionReview
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&review); err != nil {
+		bodyBuffer := bytes.Buffer{}
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(io.TeeReader(r.Body, &bodyBuffer)).Decode(&review); err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, fmt.Sprint("could not decode body:", err), http.StatusBadRequest)
 			return
 		}
+		r.Body = io.NopCloser(&bodyBuffer)
 
 		logger = logger.With(
 			logkey.Kind, review.Request.Kind.String(),
diff --git a/webhook/admission_integration_test.go b/webhook/admission_integration_test.go
index 8e143c9183..caf1760970 100644
--- a/webhook/admission_integration_test.go
+++ b/webhook/admission_integration_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,32 @@ func (fac *fixedAdmissionController) Admit(ctx context.Context, req *admissionv1
 	return fac.response
 }
 
+type readBodyTwiceAdmissionController struct {
+	path     string
+	response *admissionv1.AdmissionResponse
+}
+
+var _ AdmissionController = (*readBodyTwiceAdmissionController)(nil)
+
+func (rbtac *readBodyTwiceAdmissionController) Path() string {
+	return rbtac.path
+}
+
+func (rbtac *readBodyTwiceAdmissionController) Admit(ctx context.Context, req *admissionv1.AdmissionRequest) *admissionv1.AdmissionResponse {
+	r := apis.GetHTTPRequest(ctx)
+	if r == nil {
+		panic("nil request!")
+	} else if r.URL.Path != rbtac.path {
+		panic("wrong path!")
+	}
+
+	var review admissionv1.AdmissionReview
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&review); err != nil {
+		panic("body closed!")
+	}
+	return rbtac.response
+}
+
 func TestAdmissionEmptyRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &fixedAdmissionController{
 		path:     "/bazinga",
@@ -547,3 +573,128 @@ func TestAdmissionWarningResponseForResource(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAdmissionValidResponseForRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
+	ac := &readBodyTwiceAdmissionController{
+		path:     "/bazinga",
+		response: &admissionv1.AdmissionResponse{},
+	}
+	wh, serverURL, ctx, cancel, err := testSetupNoTLS(t, ac)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("testSetup() =", err)
+	}
+
+	eg, _ := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	eg.Go(func() error { return wh.Run(ctx.Done()) })
+	defer func() {
+		cancel()
+		if err := eg.Wait(); err != nil {
+			t.Error("Unable to run controller:", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	pollErr := waitForServerAvailable(t, serverURL, testTimeout)
+	if pollErr != nil {
+		t.Fatal("waitForServerAvailable() =", err)
+	}
+	client := createNonTLSClient()
+
+	admissionreq := &admissionv1.AdmissionRequest{
+		Operation: admissionv1.Create,
+		Kind: metav1.GroupVersionKind{
+			Group:   "pkg.knative.dev",
+			Version: "v1alpha1",
+			Kind:    "Resource",
+		},
+	}
+	testRev := createResource("testrev")
+	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(testRev)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to marshal resource:", err)
+	}
+
+	admissionreq.Resource.Group = "pkg.knative.dev"
+	admissionreq.Object.Raw = marshaled
+	rev := &admissionv1.AdmissionReview{
+		Request: admissionreq,
+	}
+
+	reqBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	err = json.NewEncoder(reqBuf).Encode(&rev)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to marshal admission review:", err)
+	}
+
+	u, err := url.Parse("http://" + serverURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("bad url", err)
+	}
+
+	u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, ac.Path())
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), reqBuf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("http.NewRequest() =", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	launchedCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(doneCh)
+
+		close(launchedCh)
+		response, err := client.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("Failed to get response", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if got, want := response.StatusCode, http.StatusOK; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Response status code = %v, wanted %v", got, want)
+			return
+		}
+
+		defer response.Body.Close()
+		responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("Failed to read response body", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		reviewResponse := admissionv1.AdmissionReview{}
+
+		err = json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(responseBody)).Decode(&reviewResponse)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("Failed to decode response:", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(rev.TypeMeta, reviewResponse.TypeMeta); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("expected the response typeMeta to be the same as the request (-want, +got)\n%s", diff)
+			return
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for the goroutine to launch.
+	<-launchedCh
+
+	// Check that Admit calls block when they are initiated before informers sync.
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+	case <-doneCh:
+		t.Fatal("Admit was called before informers had synced.")
+	}
+
+	// Signal the webhook that informers have synced.
+	wh.InformersHaveSynced()
+
+	// Check that after informers have synced that things start completing immediately (including outstanding requests).
+	select {
+	case <-doneCh:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Error("Timed out waiting on Admit to complete after informers synced.")
+	}
+
+	metricstest.CheckStatsReported(t, requestCountName, requestLatenciesName)
+}