diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/server/support/WebSocketHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/server/support/WebSocketHttpRequestHandler.java
index 95df66ad68aa4debe7818e6379de697980f0eac4..e5d86e937a067c54e04fe0d13e54d0df4e97fc01 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/server/support/WebSocketHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/server/support/WebSocketHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 
 	private final HandshakeHandler handshakeHandler;
 
-	private final WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler;
+	private final WebSocketHandler wsHandler;
 
 	private final List<HandshakeInterceptor> interceptors = new ArrayList<HandshakeInterceptor>();
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 	public WebSocketHttpRequestHandler(	WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler, HandshakeHandler handshakeHandler) {
 		Assert.notNull(webSocketHandler, "webSocketHandler must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(handshakeHandler, "handshakeHandler must not be null");
-		this.webSocketHandler = decorateWebSocketHandler(webSocketHandler);
+		this.wsHandler = decorateWebSocketHandler(webSocketHandler);
 		this.handshakeHandler = handshakeHandler;
 	}
 
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 	 * <p>By default {@link ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator} and
 	 * {@link LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator} are applied are added.
 	 */
-	protected WebSocketHandler decorateWebSocketHandler(WebSocketHandler handler) {
-		handler = new ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator(handler);
-		return new LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator(handler);
+	protected WebSocketHandler decorateWebSocketHandler(WebSocketHandler wsHandler) {
+		wsHandler = new ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator(wsHandler);
+		return new LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator(wsHandler);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 		ServerHttpRequest request = new ServletServerHttpRequest(servletRequest);
 		ServerHttpResponse response = new ServletServerHttpResponse(servletResponse);
 
-		HandshakeInterceptorChain chain = new HandshakeInterceptorChain(this.interceptors, this.webSocketHandler);
+		HandshakeInterceptorChain chain = new HandshakeInterceptorChain(this.interceptors, this.wsHandler);
 		HandshakeFailureException failure = null;
 
 		try {
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 			if (!chain.applyBeforeHandshake(request, response, attributes)) {
 				return;
 			}
-			this.handshakeHandler.doHandshake(request, response, this.webSocketHandler, attributes);
+			this.handshakeHandler.doHandshake(request, response, this.wsHandler, attributes);
 			chain.applyAfterHandshake(request, response, null);
+			response.close();
 		}
 		catch (HandshakeFailureException ex) {
 			failure = ex;
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ public class WebSocketHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 				chain.applyAfterHandshake(request, response, failure);
 				throw failure;
 			}
-			response.flush();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/SockJsHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/SockJsHttpRequestHandler.java
index e2d5073631a24577476693828273bc961cdf1bd7..495989aa0f09c4574360e20cf795356b5988fdfb 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/SockJsHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/SockJsHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ public class SockJsHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 
 	private final SockJsService sockJsService;
 
-	private final WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler;
+	private final WebSocketHandler wsHandler;
 
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@link SockJsHttpRequestHandler}.
 	 * @param sockJsService the SockJS service
-	 * @param webSocketHandler the websocket handler
+	 * @param wsHandler the websocket handler
 	 */
-	public SockJsHttpRequestHandler(SockJsService sockJsService, WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler) {
+	public SockJsHttpRequestHandler(SockJsService sockJsService, WebSocketHandler wsHandler) {
 		Assert.notNull(sockJsService, "sockJsService must not be null");
-		Assert.notNull(webSocketHandler, "webSocketHandler must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(wsHandler, "webSocketHandler must not be null");
 		this.sockJsService = sockJsService;
-		this.webSocketHandler = decorateWebSocketHandler(webSocketHandler);
+		this.wsHandler = decorateWebSocketHandler(wsHandler);
 	}
 
 
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public class SockJsHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 	 * <p>By default {@link ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator} and
 	 * {@link LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator} are applied are added.
 	 */
-	protected WebSocketHandler decorateWebSocketHandler(WebSocketHandler handler) {
-		handler = new ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator(handler);
-		return new LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator(handler);
+	protected WebSocketHandler decorateWebSocketHandler(WebSocketHandler wsHandler) {
+		wsHandler = new ExceptionWebSocketHandlerDecorator(wsHandler);
+		return new LoggingWebSocketHandlerDecorator(wsHandler);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class SockJsHttpRequestHandler implements HttpRequestHandler {
 		ServerHttpResponse response = new ServletServerHttpResponse(servletResponse);
 
 		try {
-			this.sockJsService.handleRequest(request, response, this.webSocketHandler);
+			this.sockJsService.handleRequest(request, response, this.wsHandler);
 		}
 		catch (Throwable t) {
 			throw new SockJsException("Uncaught failure in SockJS request, uri=" + request.getURI(), t);
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/support/AbstractSockJsService.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/support/AbstractSockJsService.java
index 7a1fbc1502724719f88b9307286852936b29a1a9..9e6f3cf35e5c0b684ed2347cf80ae5f82edfc7b7 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/support/AbstractSockJsService.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/support/AbstractSockJsService.java
@@ -320,8 +320,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSockJsService implements SockJsService {
 				}
 				handleTransportRequest(request, response, wsHandler, sessionId, transport);
 			}
-
-			response.flush();
+			response.close();
 		}
 		catch (IOException ex) {
 			throw new SockJsException("Failed to write to the response", null, ex);