diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
index 695c1277dcf2..6b12e65e6679 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -378,10 +378,10 @@ private String getCookieHeader(Cookie cookie) {
 			buf.append("; Domain=").append(cookie.getDomain());
 		}
 		int maxAge = cookie.getMaxAge();
+		ZonedDateTime expires = (cookie instanceof MockCookie ? ((MockCookie) cookie).getExpires() : null);
 		if (maxAge >= 0) {
 			buf.append("; Max-Age=").append(maxAge);
 			buf.append("; Expires=");
-			ZonedDateTime expires = (cookie instanceof MockCookie ? ((MockCookie) cookie).getExpires() : null);
 			if (expires != null) {
 				buf.append(expires.format(DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME));
 			}
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ private String getCookieHeader(Cookie cookie) {
 				buf.append(headers.getFirst(HttpHeaders.EXPIRES));
 			}
 		}
+		else if (expires != null) {
+			buf.append("; Expires=");
+			buf.append(expires.format(DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME));
+		}
+
 
 		if (cookie.getSecure()) {
 			buf.append("; Secure");
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponseTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponseTests.java
index 08fda3f72372..c7317fb8c319 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponseTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockHttpServletResponseTests.java
@@ -475,6 +475,17 @@ void addCookieHeaderWithZeroExpiresAttribute() {
 		assertThat(header).startsWith("SESSION=123; Path=/; Max-Age=100; Expires=");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 5.1.12
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void addCookieHeaderWithOnlyExpiresAttribute() {
+		String cookieValue = "SESSION=123; Path=/; Expires=Tue, 8 Oct 2019 19:50:00 GMT";
+		response.addHeader(SET_COOKIE, cookieValue);
+		assertNumCookies(1);
+		assertThat(response.getHeader(SET_COOKIE)).isEqualTo(cookieValue);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void addCookie() {
 		MockCookie mockCookie = new MockCookie("SESSION", "123");