diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Response.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Response.java
index 6bf81cccca0..b1fa612447d 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Response.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Response.java
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ public class Response implements HttpServletResponse
         Response response = _channel.getResponse();
         String contentType = httpContent.getContentType();
         if (contentType != null && !response.getHttpFields().containsKey(HttpHeader.CONTENT_TYPE.asString()))
-            response.getHttpFields().put(HttpHeader.CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
-
+            setContentType(contentType);
+        
         if (httpContent.getContentLength() > 0)
-            response.getHttpFields().putLongField(HttpHeader.CONTENT_LENGTH, httpContent.getContentLength());
+            setLongContentLength(httpContent.getContentLength());
 
         String lm = httpContent.getLastModified();
         if (lm != null)
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
index f3bc5df5071..d1e13ce35b5 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
@@ -602,19 +602,20 @@ public class ResourceHandler extends HandlerWrapper
             HttpFields fields = ((Response)response).getHttpFields();
 
             if (length>0)
-                fields.putLongField(HttpHeader.CONTENT_LENGTH,length);
+                ((Response)response).setLongContentLength(length);
 
             if (_cacheControl!=null)
                 fields.put(HttpHeader.CACHE_CONTROL,_cacheControl);
         }
         else
         {
-            if (length>0)
+            if (length>Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                 response.setHeader(HttpHeader.CONTENT_LENGTH.asString(),Long.toString(length));
+            else if (length>0)
+                response.setContentLength((int)length);
 
             if (_cacheControl!=null)
                 response.setHeader(HttpHeader.CACHE_CONTROL.asString(),_cacheControl.toString());
         }
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.java b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.java
index 4a32465a731..97f69b295ac 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.java
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ public class DefaultServlet extends HttpServlet implements ResourceFactory
                 else
                     // Handle cached resource
                     (resource).writeTo(multi,start,size);
-
             }
             if (in!=null)
                 in.close();