diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/PriorityChannelSpec.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/PriorityChannelSpec.java
index 33fdb647b5..8977069145 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/PriorityChannelSpec.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/PriorityChannelSpec.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 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.
@@ -53,19 +53,22 @@ public class PriorityChannelSpec extends MessageChannelSpec<PriorityChannelSpec,
 
 	public PriorityChannelSpec messageStore(PriorityCapableChannelMessageStore messageGroupStore, Object groupId) {
 		this.messageGroupQueue = new MessageGroupQueue(messageGroupStore, groupId);
+		this.messageGroupQueue.setPriority(true);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected PriorityChannel doGet() {
-		Assert.state(this.comparator != null && this.messageGroupQueue != null,
+		Assert.state(!(this.comparator != null && this.messageGroupQueue != null),
 				"Only one of 'comparator' or 'messageGroupStore' can be specified.");
+
 		if (this.messageGroupQueue != null) {
 			this.channel = new PriorityChannel(this.messageGroupQueue);
 		}
 		else {
 			this.channel = new PriorityChannel(this.capacity, this.comparator);
 		}
+
 		return super.doGet();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/QueueChannelSpec.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/QueueChannelSpec.java
index 58c3e55475..e5308703fc 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/QueueChannelSpec.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/channel/QueueChannelSpec.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 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.
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.store.ChannelMessageStore;
 import org.springframework.integration.store.MessageGroupQueue;
-import org.springframework.integration.store.PriorityCapableChannelMessageStore;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 
 /**
@@ -113,9 +112,6 @@ public class QueueChannelSpec extends MessageChannelSpec<QueueChannelSpec, Queue
 				this.queue = new MessageGroupQueue(this.messageGroupStore, this.groupId);
 			}
 
-			((MessageGroupQueue) this.queue).setPriority(
-					this.messageGroupStore instanceof PriorityCapableChannelMessageStore);
-
 			return super.doGet();
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageProcessorTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageProcessorTests.java
index 6df2a08e48..5395216594 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageProcessorTests.java
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelCompilerMode;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelParserConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.ServiceActivator;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.UseSpelInvoker;
 import org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayProxyFactoryBean;
@@ -882,6 +885,43 @@ public class MethodInvokingMessageProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(bean.foo.bar, equalTo("bar"));
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCompiledSpELForProxy() {
+		Foo foo = new FooImpl();
+
+		foo = (Foo) new ProxyFactory(foo).getProxy();
+
+		SpelExpressionParser expressionParser =
+				new SpelExpressionParser(new SpelParserConfiguration(SpelCompilerMode.IMMEDIATE, null));
+
+		Expression expression = expressionParser.parseExpression("#target.handle(#root)");
+
+		StandardEvaluationContext evaluationContext = new StandardEvaluationContext();
+		evaluationContext.setVariable("target", foo);
+
+		expression.getValue(evaluationContext, "foo", String.class); // Twice to make a compiler to work
+		String result = expression.getValue(evaluationContext, "foo", String.class);
+
+		assertEquals("FOO", result);
+	}
+
+
+	public interface Foo {
+
+		String handle(String payload);
+
+	}
+
+	public class FooImpl implements Foo {
+
+		@Override
+		public String handle(String payload) {
+			return payload.toUpperCase();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	private DirectFieldAccessor compileImmediate(MethodInvokingMessageProcessor processor) {
 		// Update the parser configuration compiler mode
 		SpelParserConfiguration config = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(processor,