diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/SimpleMessagingTaskScheduler.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/SimpleMessagingTaskScheduler.java
index 9930f2ff0d..db06b79583 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/SimpleMessagingTaskScheduler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/SimpleMessagingTaskScheduler.java
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ public class SimpleMessagingTaskScheduler extends AbstractMessagingTaskScheduler
 				if (errorHandler != null) {
 					errorHandler.handle(t);
 				}
+				else if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+					logger.warn("error occurred in task but no 'errorHandler' is available", t);
+				}
 			}
 			if (this.shouldRepeat) {
 				MessagingTaskRunner runner = new MessagingTaskRunner(this.task);