diff --git a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/IntegrationRSocketAcceptor.java b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/IntegrationRSocketAcceptor.java
index e11e0ae66b..44c9019019 100644
--- a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/IntegrationRSocketAcceptor.java
+++ b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/IntegrationRSocketAcceptor.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class IntegrationRSocketAcceptor extends RSocketMessageHandler
 		Assert.notNull(dataMimeType, "No `dataMimeType` in the ConnectionSetupPayload and no default value");
 
 		MimeType metadataMimeType =
-				StringUtils.hasText(setupPayload.dataMimeType())
+				StringUtils.hasText(setupPayload.metadataMimeType())
 						? MimeTypeUtils.parseMimeType(setupPayload.metadataMimeType())
 						: this.defaultMetadataMimeType;
 		Assert.notNull(dataMimeType, "No `metadataMimeType` in the ConnectionSetupPayload and no default value");
diff --git a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
index d8f13b7c7d..d1c5fed8be 100644
--- a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="clientRSocketConnector" class="org.springframework.integration.rsocket.ClientRSocketConnector">
 		<constructor-arg value="https://example.org"/>
+		<property name="autoStartup" value="false"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="rsocketStrategies" class="org.mockito.Mockito" factory-method="mock">
diff --git a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketOutboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketOutboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
index 61606b4be4..32ccf1561c 100644
--- a/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketOutboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rsocket/config/RSocketOutboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="clientRSocketConnector" class="org.springframework.integration.rsocket.ClientRSocketConnector">
 		<constructor-arg value="https://example.org"/>
+		<property name="autoStartup" value="false"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<int:channel id="requestChannel"/>