diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/RemoteFileTemplateTests.java b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/RemoteFileTemplateTests.java
index 710e185aff..a9afefedd4 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/RemoteFileTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/remote/RemoteFileTemplateTests.java
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.file.remote;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -30,17 +33,18 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
+import org.jgroups.util.UUID;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.expression.common.LiteralExpression;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.remote.session.Session;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.remote.session.SessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.support.FileExistsMode;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageDeliveryException;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
 
@@ -125,9 +129,36 @@ public class RemoteFileTemplateTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testStream() throws IOException {
 		ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream("foo".getBytes());
-		this.template.send(new GenericMessage<InputStream>(stream),
+		this.template.send(new GenericMessage<>(stream),
 				FileExistsMode.IGNORE);
-		verify(this.session).write(Mockito.eq(stream), Mockito.any());
+		verify(this.session).write(eq(stream), any());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testString() throws IOException {
+		this.template.send(new GenericMessage<>("foo"), FileExistsMode.IGNORE);
+		verify(this.session).write(any(InputStream.class), any());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBytes() throws IOException {
+		this.template.send(new GenericMessage<>("foo".getBytes()), FileExistsMode.IGNORE);
+		verify(this.session).write(any(InputStream.class), any());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testMissingFile() {
+		this.template.send(new GenericMessage<>(new File(UUID.randomUUID().toString())), FileExistsMode.IGNORE);
+		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.session);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInvalid() {
+		assertThatThrownBy(() -> this.template
+				.send(new GenericMessage<>(new Object()), FileExistsMode.IGNORE))
+			.isInstanceOf(MessageDeliveryException.class)
+			.hasCauseInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+			.hasMessageContaining("Unsupported payload type");
 	}
 
 }