diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 97df07e544aa..6bfdb9c56f45 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ private String registerResourceHandler(ParserContext parserContext, Element elem
 		}
 
 		ManagedList<String> locations = new ManagedList<String>();
-		locations.addAll(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToSet(locationAttr));
+		locations.addAll(Arrays.asList(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(locationAttr)));
 
 		RootBeanDefinition resourceHandlerDef = new RootBeanDefinition(ResourceHttpRequestHandler.class);
 		resourceHandlerDef.setSource(source);