diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
index c0a8d3d365..fce101b8ee 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ abstract class JmsAdapterParserUtils {
 
 	static final String HEADER_MAPPER_PROPERTY = "headerMapper";
 
+	private static final String[] JMS_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTES = { "destination", "destination-name",
+		"connection-factory", "message-converter", "time-to-live", "priority", "delivery-persistent", "explicit-qos-enabled" };
+
+
 	/*
 	 * The following constants match those of javax.jms.Session.
 	 * They are duplicated here to avoid a dependency in tooling.
@@ -102,4 +106,13 @@ abstract class JmsAdapterParserUtils {
 		}
 	}
 
+	static void verifyNoJmsTemplateAttributes(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+		for (String attributeName : JMS_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+			if (element.hasAttribute(attributeName)) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error("When providing a 'jms-template' reference, the '"
+						+ attributeName + "' attribute is not allowed", parserContext.extractSource(element));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsInboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index b952fbfa06..3ba23c5e6b 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -60,15 +60,7 @@ public class JmsInboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractPollingInboundChanne
 		boolean hasDestinationRef = StringUtils.hasText(destination);
 		boolean hasDestinationName = StringUtils.hasText(destinationName);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(jmsTemplate)) {
-			if (element.hasAttribute(JmsAdapterParserUtils.CONNECTION_FACTORY_ATTRIBUTE) ||
-					hasDestinationRef || hasDestinationName) {
-				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-						"When providing '" + JmsAdapterParserUtils.JMS_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTE +
-						"', none of '" + JmsAdapterParserUtils.CONNECTION_FACTORY_ATTRIBUTE +
-						"', '" + JmsAdapterParserUtils.DESTINATION_ATTRIBUTE + "', or '" +
-						JmsAdapterParserUtils.DESTINATION_NAME_ATTRIBUTE + "' are allowed.",
-						source);
-			}
+			JmsAdapterParserUtils.verifyNoJmsTemplateAttributes(element, parserContext);
 			builder.addConstructorArgReference(jmsTemplate);
 		}
 		else if (hasDestinationRef || hasDestinationName) {
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index 16624af905..e1c221ac53 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.integration.jms.config;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
@@ -44,11 +43,7 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutboundChannelAdap
 		boolean hasDestinationRef = StringUtils.hasText(destination);
 		boolean hasDestinationName = StringUtils.hasText(destinationName);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(jmsTemplate)) {
-			if (element.hasAttribute(JmsAdapterParserUtils.CONNECTION_FACTORY_ATTRIBUTE) ||
-					hasDestinationRef || hasDestinationName) {
-				throw new BeanCreationException("When providing a 'jms-template' reference, none of " +
-						"'connection-factory', 'destination', or 'destination-name' should be provided.");
-			}
+			JmsAdapterParserUtils.verifyNoJmsTemplateAttributes(element, parserContext);
 			builder.addConstructorArgReference(jmsTemplate);
 		}
 		else if (hasDestinationRef ^ hasDestinationName) {
@@ -64,8 +59,8 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutboundChannelAdap
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			throw new BeanCreationException("Either a 'jms-template' reference " +
-			"or one of 'destination' or 'destination-name' must be provided.");
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Either a 'jms-template' reference " +
+			"or one of 'destination' or 'destination-name' must be provided.", parserContext.extractSource(element));
 		}
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(headerMapper)) {
 			builder.addPropertyReference(JmsAdapterParserUtils.HEADER_MAPPER_PROPERTY, headerMapper);