diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
index 2587686a57..1308573b73 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
@@ -152,10 +152,8 @@ public abstract class IntegrationNamespaceUtils {
 			pollerMetadataRef = pollerElement.getAttribute("ref");
 		}
 		else {
-			ParserContext childContext = new ParserContext(
-					parserContext.getReaderContext(), parserContext.getDelegate(), targetBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = parserContext.getReaderContext().getNamespaceHandlerResolver().resolve(
-					pollerElement.getNamespaceURI()).parse(pollerElement, childContext);
+			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = parserContext.getDelegate().parseCustomElement(
+					pollerElement, targetBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
 			Assert.notNull(beanDefinition, "BeanDefinition must not be null");
 			Assert.isInstanceOf(AbstractBeanDefinition.class, beanDefinition);
 			pollerMetadataRef = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(