diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCache.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCache.java
index 4c58605b01..781d85e628 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCache.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCache.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
  */
 final class FileChannelCache {
 
-	private static ConcurrentMap<File, FileChannel> channelCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<File, FileChannel>();
+	private static ConcurrentMap<File, FileChannel> channelCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
 
 	private FileChannelCache() {
diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLocker.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLocker.java
index 4f3e4a3533..1f4e8f63ff 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLocker.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLocker.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.MessagingException;
  */
 public class NioFileLocker extends AbstractFileLockerFilter {
 
-	private final ConcurrentMap<File, FileLock> lockCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<File, FileLock>();
+	private final ConcurrentMap<File, FileLock> lockCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean lock(File fileToLock) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class NioFileLocker extends AbstractFileLockerFilter {
 
 	@Override
 	public void unlock(File fileToUnlock) {
-		FileLock fileLock = this.lockCache.get(fileToUnlock);
+		FileLock fileLock = this.lockCache.remove(fileToUnlock);
 		try {
 			if (fileLock != null) {
 				fileLock.release();
diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLockerTests.java b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLockerTests.java
index d37ea157ef..3918f77aae 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLockerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/NioFileLockerTests.java
@@ -20,17 +20,20 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.file.filters.FileListFilter;
+import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Iwein Fuld
+ * @author Gary Russell
  */
 public class NioFileLockerTests {
 
@@ -47,13 +50,18 @@ public class NioFileLockerTests {
 	};
 
 	@Test
-	public void fileListedByFirstFilter() throws IOException {
+	public void fileListedByFirstFilter() throws Exception {
 		NioFileLocker filter = new NioFileLocker();
 		File testFile = new File(workdir, "test0");
 		testFile.createNewFile();
 		assertThat(filter.filterFiles(workdir.listFiles()).get(0)).isEqualTo(testFile);
 		filter.lock(testFile);
 		assertThat(filter.filterFiles(workdir.listFiles()).get(0)).isEqualTo(testFile);
+		filter.unlock(testFile);
+		Field channelCache = FileChannelCache.class.getDeclaredField("channelCache");
+		channelCache.setAccessible(true);
+		assertThat(((Map<?, ?>) channelCache.get(null))).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(((Map<?, ?>) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(filter, "lockCache", Map.class))).isEmpty();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -64,7 +72,8 @@ public class NioFileLockerTests {
 		testFile.createNewFile();
 		assertThat(filter1.filterFiles(workdir.listFiles()).get(0)).isEqualTo(testFile);
 		filter1.lock(testFile);
-		assertThat(filter2.filterFiles(workdir.listFiles())).isEqualTo((List<File>) new ArrayList<File>());
+		assertThat(filter2.filterFiles(workdir.listFiles())).isEqualTo(new ArrayList<File>());
+		filter1.unlock(testFile);
 	}
 
 }