diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper.java
index 72bd09926e..b88f715d83 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper implements ChannelInterceptor, Orde
 
 	private final ChannelInterceptor channelInterceptor;
 
-	private volatile String[] patterns;
+	private volatile String[] patterns = new String[]{"*"}; // default
 
 	private volatile int order = 0;
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
index 7cab301a78..14fe3a4fa6 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public class GlobalChannelInterceptorParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser
 
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		this.createAndRegisterGlobalPostProcessorIfNecessary(parserContext);
-		String channelPattern = element.getAttribute(CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE);
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder globalChannelInterceptorBuilder =
 				BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(BASE_PACKAGE + "GlobalChannelInterceptorWrapper");
 		BeanComponentDefinition interceptorBeanDefinition = IntegrationNamespaceUtils.parseInnerHandlerDefinition(element, parserContext);
@@ -66,12 +65,8 @@ public class GlobalChannelInterceptorParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser
 			globalChannelInterceptorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(new RuntimeBeanReference(beanName));
 		}
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(globalChannelInterceptorBuilder, element, "order");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(channelPattern)) {
-			globalChannelInterceptorBuilder.addPropertyValue("patterns", channelPattern);
-		}
-		else {
-			globalChannelInterceptorBuilder.addPropertyValue("patterns", new String[] {"*"});
-		}
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(globalChannelInterceptorBuilder, element, CHANNEL_NAME_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, "patterns");
+
 		String beanName = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName(
 				globalChannelInterceptorBuilder.getBeanDefinition(), parserContext.getRegistry());
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(globalChannelInterceptorBuilder.getBeanDefinition(), beanName));