diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 6f02f081fa..afb9179af0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -3054,6 +3054,16 @@ Hibernate autoconfig is active because the `ddl-auto` settings are more fine-gra
 
 
 
+[[boot-features-jpa-in-web-environment]]
+==== Open EntityManager in View
+If you are running a web application, Spring Boot will by default register
+{spring-javadoc}/orm/jpa/support/OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor.html[`OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor`]
+to apply the "Open EntityManager in View" pattern, i.e. to allow for lazy loading in web
+views. If you don't want this behavior you should set `spring.jpa.open-in-view` to
+`false` in your `application.properties`.
+
+
+
 [[boot-features-sql-h2-console]]
 === Using H2's web console
 The http://www.h2database.com[H2 database] provides a
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeans.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeans.java
index 9fa88ff166..3ee21b054d 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeans.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeans.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class ServletContextInitializerBeans
 		}
 		else {
 			addServletContextInitializerBean(ServletContextInitializer.class, beanName,
-					initializer, beanFactory, null);
+					initializer, beanFactory, initializer);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeansTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeansTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86446b3565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/ServletContextInitializerBeansTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.web.servlet;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link ServletContextInitializerBeans}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+public class ServletContextInitializerBeansTests {
+
+	private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
+
+	@Test
+	public void servletThatImplementsServletContextInitializerIsOnlyRegisteredOnce() {
+		load(ServletConfiguration.class);
+		ServletContextInitializerBeans initializerBeans = new ServletContextInitializerBeans(
+				this.context.getBeanFactory());
+		assertThat(initializerBeans.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+		assertThat(initializerBeans.iterator()).hasOnlyElementsOfType(TestServlet.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void filterThatImplementsServletContextInitializerIsOnlyRegisteredOnce() {
+		load(FilterConfiguration.class);
+		ServletContextInitializerBeans initializerBeans = new ServletContextInitializerBeans(
+				this.context.getBeanFactory());
+		assertThat(initializerBeans.size()).isEqualTo(1);
+		assertThat(initializerBeans.iterator()).hasOnlyElementsOfType(TestFilter.class);
+	}
+
+	private void load(Class<?> configuration) {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(configuration);
+	}
+
+	static class ServletConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public TestServlet testServlet() {
+			return new TestServlet();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	static class FilterConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public TestFilter testFilter() {
+			return new TestFilter();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	static class TestServlet extends HttpServlet implements ServletContextInitializer {
+
+		@Override
+		public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	static class TestFilter implements Filter, ServletContextInitializer {
+
+		@Override
+		public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
+
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
+
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
+				FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void destroy() {
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}