diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/session/SftpSession.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/session/SftpSession.java
index 92868f97f9..0f8fa07e9c 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/session/SftpSession.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/session/SftpSession.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class SftpSession implements Session {
 	}
 
 	public boolean isOpen() {
-		return this.channel.isConnected() && this.jschSession.isConnected();
+		return this.jschSession.isConnected();
 	}
 
 }