diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/AbstractMessageGroupStore.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/AbstractMessageGroupStore.java
index 7074f3463b..638decb3e0 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/AbstractMessageGroupStore.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/AbstractMessageGroupStore.java
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessageGroupStore extends AbstractBatchingMessageG
 
 	private boolean lazyLoadMessageGroups = true;
 
-	public AbstractMessageGroupStore() {
+	protected AbstractMessageGroupStore() {
 		super();
 	}
 
+	protected AbstractMessageGroupStore(boolean lazyLoadMessageGroups) {
+		this.lazyLoadMessageGroups = lazyLoadMessageGroups;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public final void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/SimpleMessageStore.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/SimpleMessageStore.java
index ff2a6c2cf6..4e37c45272 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/SimpleMessageStore.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/store/SimpleMessageStore.java
@@ -121,18 +121,14 @@ public class SimpleMessageStore extends AbstractMessageGroupStore
 	 * @since 4.3
 	 */
 	public SimpleMessageStore(int individualCapacity, int groupCapacity, long upperBoundTimeout,
-	                          LockRegistry lockRegistry) {
+			LockRegistry lockRegistry) {
+		super(false);
 		Assert.notNull(lockRegistry, "The LockRegistry cannot be null");
 		this.individualUpperBound = new UpperBound(individualCapacity);
 		this.individualCapacity = individualCapacity;
 		this.groupCapacity = groupCapacity;
 		this.lockRegistry = lockRegistry;
 		this.upperBoundTimeout = upperBoundTimeout;
-		disableLazyLoadMessageGroups();
-	}
-
-	private void disableLazyLoadMessageGroups() {
-		super.setLazyLoadMessageGroups(false);
 	}
 
 	/**