diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
index 5d33a3d449ed..9da249f7c0ed 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
@@ -355,11 +355,6 @@ public Mono<Void> handle(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 						setHeaders(exchange, resource, mediaType);
 
 						// Content phase
-						if (HttpMethod.HEAD.matches(exchange.getRequest().getMethodValue())) {
-							exchange.getResponse().getHeaders().set(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_RANGES, "bytes");
-							return Mono.empty();
-						}
-
 						ResourceHttpMessageWriter writer = getResourceHttpMessageWriter();
 						Assert.state(writer != null, "No ResourceHttpMessageWriter");
 						return writer.write(Mono.just(resource),
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
index 7bdbeff94529..3b7d8204ab88 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ public void getResourceHttpHeader() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(resourceLastModifiedDate("test/foo.css") / 1000).isEqualTo(headers.getLastModified() / 1000);
 		assertThat(headers.getFirst("Accept-Ranges")).isEqualTo("bytes");
 		assertThat(headers.get("Accept-Ranges").size()).isEqualTo(1);
-
-		StepVerifier.create(exchange.getResponse().getBody())
-				.expectErrorMatches(ex -> ex.getMessage().startsWith("No content was written"))
-				.verify();
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index cbf5659fb43c..dbd56fffa6cf 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -511,10 +511,6 @@ public void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse respon
 		setHeaders(response, resource, mediaType);
 
 		// Content phase
-		if (METHOD_HEAD.equals(request.getMethod())) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		ServletServerHttpResponse outputMessage = new ServletServerHttpResponse(response);
 		if (request.getHeader(HttpHeaders.RANGE) == null) {
 			Assert.state(this.resourceHttpMessageConverter != null, "Not initialized");
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index d6a9f2b7ff29..9aa44543105b 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ public void getResourceHttpHeader() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(this.response.getDateHeader("Last-Modified") / 1000).isEqualTo(resourceLastModified("test/foo.css") / 1000);
 		assertThat(this.response.getHeader("Accept-Ranges")).isEqualTo("bytes");
 		assertThat(this.response.getHeaders("Accept-Ranges").size()).isEqualTo(1);
-		assertThat(this.response.getContentAsByteArray().length).isEqualTo(0);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -686,6 +685,20 @@ public void partialContentByteRangeWithEncodedResource(GzipSupport.GzippedFiles
 		assertThat(this.response.getHeaderValues("Vary")).containsExactly("Accept-Encoding");
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-25976
+	public void partialContentWithHttpHead() throws Exception {
+		this.request.setMethod("HEAD");
+		this.request.addHeader("Range", "bytes=0-1");
+		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.txt");
+		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
+
+		assertThat(this.response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(206);
+		assertThat(this.response.getContentType()).isEqualTo("text/plain");
+		assertThat(this.response.getContentLength()).isEqualTo(2);
+		assertThat(this.response.getHeader("Content-Range")).isEqualTo("bytes 0-1/10");
+		assertThat(this.response.getHeaderValues("Accept-Ranges")).containsExactly("bytes");
+	}
+
 	@Test  // SPR-14005
 	public void doOverwriteExistingCacheControlHeaders() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, "foo.css");