diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformer.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformer.java
index ec68562372..9975893d15 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public class MethodInvokingTransformer implements Transformer {
 
 	public Message<?> transform(Message<?> message) {
 		Object result = this.invoker.invokeMethod(message);
+		if (result == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		if (result instanceof Message) {
 			return (Message<?>) result;
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformerTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformerTests.java
index c4542b06f2..fc6e19c855 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/MethodInvokingTransformerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ public class MethodInvokingTransformerTests {
 		assertNull(result.getHeaders().get("prop3"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void nullReturningMethod() {
+		TestBean testBean = new TestBean();
+		MethodInvokingTransformer transformer = new MethodInvokingTransformer(testBean, "nullReturnValueTest");
+		StringMessage message = new StringMessage("test");
+		Message<?> result = transformer.transform(message);
+		assertNull(result);
+	}
+
 
 	private static class TestBean {
 
@@ -269,6 +278,10 @@ public class MethodInvokingTransformerTests {
 		public Message<?> messageReturnValueTest(Message<?> message) {
 			return message;
 		}
+
+		public Object nullReturnValueTest(Message<?> message) {
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 
 }