diff --git a/spring-integration-scripting/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/jsr223/AbstractScriptExecutor.java b/spring-integration-scripting/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/jsr223/AbstractScriptExecutor.java
index 84293b719c..6c88dcf9f4 100644
--- a/spring-integration-scripting/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/jsr223/AbstractScriptExecutor.java
+++ b/spring-integration-scripting/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/jsr223/AbstractScriptExecutor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ package org.springframework.integration.scripting.jsr223;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
 import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
+import javax.script.SimpleBindings;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.integration.scripting.ScriptExecutor;
 import org.springframework.integration.scripting.ScriptingException;
 import org.springframework.scripting.ScriptSource;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  *
  * @author David Turanski
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.1
  */
 abstract class AbstractScriptExecutor implements ScriptExecutor {
@@ -66,18 +68,18 @@ abstract class AbstractScriptExecutor implements ScriptExecutor {
 		Object result = null;
 
 		try {
-			if (variables != null) {
-				for (Entry<String, Object> entry : variables.entrySet()) {
-					scriptEngine.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-				}
-			}
 			String script = scriptSource.getScriptAsString();
 			Date start = new Date();
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				logger.debug("executing script: " + script);
 			}
 
-			result = scriptEngine.eval(script);
+			if (variables != null) {
+				result = scriptEngine.eval(script, new SimpleBindings(variables));
+			}
+			else {
+				result = scriptEngine.eval(script);
+			}
 
 			result = postProcess(result, scriptEngine, script);
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests-context.xml
index 6096802dcc..5a15e6293d 100644
--- a/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests-context.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:script="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+			 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+			 xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+			 xmlns:script="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting"
+			 xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+			 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting/spring-integration-scripting.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/scripting/spring-integration-scripting.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd">
 
 	<transformer input-channel="referencedScriptInput">
 		<script:script
-		lang="ruby" 
+		lang="ruby"
 		location="org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests.rb"/>
 	</transformer>
 
@@ -19,4 +21,23 @@
 		]]></script:script>
 	</transformer>
 
+	<task:executor id="executor" pool-size="100"/>
+
+	<channel id="int3162InputChannel">
+		<dispatcher task-executor="executor"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<channel id="int3162OutputChannel">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<transformer input-channel="int3162InputChannel" output-channel="int3162OutputChannel">
+		<script:script lang="javascript"><![CDATA[
+				(function(){
+				return payload;
+			})();
+		]]></script:script>
+	</transformer>
+
+
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests.java b/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests.java
index d1d6f5e4cd..1511e3f721 100644
--- a/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-scripting/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/scripting/config/jsr223/Jsr223TransformerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package org.springframework.integration.scripting.config.jsr223;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -26,12 +29,15 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  * @since 2.0
  */
 @ContextConfiguration
@@ -44,6 +50,12 @@ public class Jsr223TransformerTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private MessageChannel inlineScriptInput;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel int3162InputChannel;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel int3162OutputChannel;
+
 
 	@Test
 	public void referencedScript() {
@@ -73,4 +85,22 @@ public class Jsr223TransformerTests {
 		assertNull(replyChannel.receive(0));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testInt3162ScriptExecutorThreadSafety() {
+		for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+			this.int3162InputChannel.send(new GenericMessage<Object>(i));
+		}
+
+		Set<Object> result = new HashSet<Object>();
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+			Message<?> message = this.int3162OutputChannel.receive(1000);
+			result.add(message.getPayload());
+		}
+
+		assertEquals(100, result.size());
+
+	}
+
+
 }