diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java
index 2b745e8c097612c1126ea55252c9e327f3a0a52b..271def7c575e7fd4b4a0b5bcd0f7e1140ad09d8e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTag.java
@@ -423,6 +423,15 @@ public class FormTag extends AbstractHtmlElementTag {
 	@Override
 	public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
 		this.tagWriter.endTag();
+		return EVAL_PAGE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clears the stored {@link TagWriter}.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void doFinally() {
+		super.doFinally();
 		this.pageContext.removeAttribute(MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE);
 		this.pageContext.removeAttribute(COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE);
 		if (this.previousNestedPath != null) {
@@ -433,15 +442,6 @@ public class FormTag extends AbstractHtmlElementTag {
 			// Remove exposed nestedPath value.
 			this.pageContext.removeAttribute(NESTED_PATH_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE);
 		}
-		return EVAL_PAGE;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Clears the stored {@link TagWriter}.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public void doFinally() {
-		super.doFinally();
 		this.tagWriter = null;
 		this.previousNestedPath = null;
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTagTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTagTests.java
index 892dd373e55040748432bc1b4ad118af61724f0f..54175918a3876db3762c4d9056518daefe7c1034 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTagTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/FormTagTests.java
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@ public class FormTagTests extends AbstractHtmlElementTagTests {
 		assertContainsAttribute(inputOutput, "type", "hidden");
 	}
 
+	public void testClearAttributesOnFinally() throws Exception {
+		this.tag.setModelAttribute("model");
+		getPageContext().setAttribute("model", "foo bar");
+		assertNull(getPageContext().getAttribute(FormTag.MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE));
+		this.tag.doStartTag();
+		assertNotNull(getPageContext().getAttribute(FormTag.MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE));
+		this.tag.doFinally();
+		assertNull(getPageContext().getAttribute(FormTag.MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME, PageContext.REQUEST_SCOPE));
+	}
+
 	private String getFormTag(String output) {
 		int inputStart = output.indexOf("<", 1);
 		int inputEnd = output.lastIndexOf(">", output.length() - 2);