diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReader.java
index 1ef19dc680..5599191d39 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2018-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2018-2020 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.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link ItemStreamReader} implementation that reads Json objects from a
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public JsonItemReader(Resource resource, JsonObjectReader<T> jsonObjectReader) {
 		Assert.notNull(jsonObjectReader, "The json object reader must not be null.");
 		this.resource = resource;
 		this.jsonObjectReader = jsonObjectReader;
+		setExecutionContextName(ClassUtils.getShortName(JsonItemReader.class));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReaderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReaderTests.java
index 5e1b5ab259..3cd1d4ca8b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/json/JsonItemReaderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2018-2020 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.
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public void testReadItem() throws Exception {
 		itemReader = new JsonItemReader<>(resource, this.jsonObjectReader);
 
 		// when
+		itemReader.open(new ExecutionContext());
 		itemReader.read();
 
 		// then