diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/AbstractUrlBasedView.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/AbstractUrlBasedView.java
index 7ed61933ebf4f11aa4d56fe9ff5f8a86f81ee4b4..c6be1fc9fb23b86b4301d026d46142e3c41d4844 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/AbstractUrlBasedView.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/AbstractUrlBasedView.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.view;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 
 /**
@@ -78,11 +80,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractUrlBasedView extends AbstractView implements Initi
 	/**
 	 * Check whether the underlying resource that the configured URL points to
 	 * actually exists.
+	 * @param locale the desired Locale that we're looking for
 	 * @return <code>true</code> if the resource exists (or is assumed to exist);
 	 * <code>false</code> if we know that it does not exist
 	 * @throws Exception if the resource exists but is invalid (e.g. could not be parsed)
 	 */
-	public boolean checkResource() throws Exception {
+	public boolean checkResource(Locale locale) throws Exception {
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
index c7674a69301f6d8345f18b9edd0e4ce3f59686db..f3933fbf5042e40423c397facd5a28b045d80239 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/UrlBasedViewResolver.java
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class UrlBasedViewResolver extends AbstractCachingViewResolver implements
 	protected View loadView(String viewName, Locale locale) throws Exception {
 		AbstractUrlBasedView view = buildView(viewName);
 		View result = (View) getApplicationContext().getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().initializeBean(view, viewName);
-		return (view.checkResource() ? result : null);
+		return (view.checkResource(locale) ? result : null);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerView.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerView.java
index 9e88de553d5a361f24380686a060283958b4fb14..8f492adfda42e285e135f29716e3548512b2ccc1 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerView.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/freemarker/FreeMarkerView.java
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ public class FreeMarkerView extends AbstractTemplateView {
 	 * multiple templates to be rendered into a single view.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean checkResource() throws Exception {
+	public boolean checkResource(Locale locale) throws Exception {
 		try {
 			// Check that we can get the template, even if we might subsequently get it again.
-			getTemplate(getUrl(), getConfiguration().getLocale());
+			getTemplate(getUrl(), locale);
 			return true;
 		}
 		catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityLayoutView.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityLayoutView.java
index dcb59a8ff3a4416360068b85d3f786aaeabad96d..3e8ac3d4faee9554fb67c33d524c70dd3703fbde 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityLayoutView.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityLayoutView.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.apache.velocity.Template;
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ public class VelocityLayoutView extends VelocityToolboxView {
 	 * can be changed which may invalidate any early checking done here.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean checkResource() throws Exception {
-		if (!super.checkResource()) {
+	public boolean checkResource(Locale locale) throws Exception {
+		if (!super.checkResource(locale)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityView.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityView.java
index 5607ac876b9140979adf5fcfe94075af39b241bc..6699f514bb4f9701dae9bad9cfac963c1d07a044 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityView.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/velocity/VelocityView.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class VelocityView extends AbstractTemplateView {
 	 * multiple templates to be rendered into a single view.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean checkResource() throws Exception {
+	public boolean checkResource(Locale locale) throws Exception {
 		try {
 			// Check that we can get the template, even if we might subsequently get it again.
 			this.template = getTemplate(getUrl());