diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
index e461a6240d..bb1bc30f5a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.aop;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyConfig;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @author Rick Hogge
+ *
  * @since 2.0
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
@@ -53,6 +59,9 @@ public class PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyConfig
 
 	private volatile ClassLoader beanClassLoader = ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader();
 
+	private final Set<Class<?>> nonApplicableCache =
+			Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>(256));
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the default channel where Messages should be sent if the annotation
 	 * itself does not provide a channel.
@@ -101,6 +110,12 @@ public class PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyConfig
 			return bean;
 		}
 
+		// the set will hold records of prior class scans and will contain the bean classes that can not
+		// be assigned to the Advisor interface and therefore can be short circuited
+		if (this.nonApplicableCache.contains(targetClass)) {
+			return bean;
+		}
+
 		if (AopUtils.canApply(this.advisor, targetClass)) {
 			if (bean instanceof Advised) {
 				((Advised) bean).addAdvisor(this.advisor);
@@ -116,6 +131,7 @@ public class PublisherAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyConfig
 		}
 		else {
 			// cannot apply advisor
+			nonApplicableCache.add(targetClass);
 			return bean;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/annotation/MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/annotation/MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor.java
index 82c89121ff..755f30a868 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/annotation/MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/annotation/MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
  * @author Artem Bilan
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Rick Hogge
  */
 public class MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor, BeanFactoryAware,
 		InitializingBean, SmartInitializingSingleton {
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ public class MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor, Bean
 
 	private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory;
 
+	private final Set<Class<?>> noAnnotationsCache =
+			Collections.newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>(256));
 
 	@Override
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
@@ -151,6 +155,11 @@ public class MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor, Bean
 
 		Class<?> beanClass = AopUtils.getTargetClass(bean);
 
+		// the set will hold records of prior class scans and indicate if no messaging annotations were found
+		if (this.noAnnotationsCache.contains(beanClass)) {
+			return bean;
+		}
+
 		ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(beanClass, method -> {
 			Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, List<Annotation>> annotationChains = new HashMap<>();
 			for (Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType :
@@ -168,6 +177,10 @@ public class MessagingAnnotationPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor, Bean
 				List<Annotation> annotations = entry.getValue();
 				processAnnotationTypeOnMethod(bean, beanName, method, annotationType, annotations);
 			}
+
+			if (annotationChains.size() == 0) {
+				noAnnotationsCache.add(beanClass);
+			}
 		}, ReflectionUtils.USER_DECLARED_METHODS);
 
 		return bean;