diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/WebSocketHttpHeaders.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/WebSocketHttpHeaders.java
index 84d81fa7b445..b588f4b12027 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/WebSocketHttpHeaders.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/WebSocketHttpHeaders.java
@@ -160,16 +160,7 @@ public void setSecWebSocketProtocol(List<String> secWebSocketProtocols) {
 	 * @return the value of the header
 	 */
 	public List<String> getSecWebSocketProtocol() {
-		List<String> values = get(SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL);
-		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(values)) {
-			return Collections.emptyList();
-		}
-		else if (values.size() == 1) {
-			return getValuesAsList(SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL);
-		}
-		else {
-			return values;
-		}
+		return getValuesAsList(SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/handler/WebSocketHttpHeadersTests.java b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/handler/WebSocketHttpHeadersTests.java
index b0ec0244d780..ff790d21d076 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/handler/WebSocketHttpHeadersTests.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/handler/WebSocketHttpHeadersTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_VALUE;
 import static org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketHttpHeaders.SEC_WEBSOCKET_EXTENSIONS;
+import static org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketHttpHeaders.SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link WebSocketHttpHeaders}.
@@ -142,6 +143,14 @@ void parseWebSocketExtensions() {
 		assertThat(parsedExtensions).hasSize(3);
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-37282
+	void getSecWebSocketProtocolWithMultipleHeaderValues() {
+		this.headers.add(SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL, "foo");
+		this.headers.add(SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL, "bar, baz");
+
+		assertThat(this.headers.getSecWebSocketProtocol()).containsExactly("foo", "bar", "baz");
+	}
+
 	@Test  // gh-35792
 	void addAllViaWebSocketHttpHeadersApi() {
 		headers.add("green", "grape");