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 781d85e628..ed7a4ad46e 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
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import java.nio.channels.OverlappingFileLockException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * Static cache of FileLocks that can be used to ensure that only a single lock is used inside this ClassLoader.
  *
  * @author Iwein Fuld
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Emmanuel Roux
  * @since 2.0
  */
 final class FileChannelCache {
@@ -49,9 +52,10 @@ final class FileChannelCache {
 	 * <p>
 	 * Thread safe.
 	 */
+	@Nullable
 	public static FileLock tryLockFor(File fileToLock) throws IOException {
 		FileChannel channel = channelCache.get(fileToLock);
-		if (channel == null) {
+		if (channel == null && fileToLock.exists()) {
 			@SuppressWarnings("resource")
 			FileChannel newChannel = new RandomAccessFile(fileToLock, "rw").getChannel();
 			FileChannel original = channelCache.putIfAbsent(fileToLock, newChannel);
diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCacheTests.java b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCacheTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90f9fb23de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/locking/FileChannelCacheTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.file.locking;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+/**
+ * @author Emmanuel Roux
+ * @since 4.3.22
+ */
+public class FileChannelCacheTests {
+
+	@Rule
+	public TemporaryFolder temp = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+	@Test
+	public void throwsExceptionWhenFileNotExists() throws IOException {
+		File testFile = new File(temp.getRoot(), "test0");
+		assertThat(testFile.exists()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(FileChannelCache.tryLockFor(testFile)).isNull();
+		assertThat(testFile.exists()).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void fileLocked() throws IOException {
+		File testFile = temp.newFile("test1");
+		testFile.createNewFile();
+		assertThat(testFile.exists()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(FileChannelCache.tryLockFor(testFile)).isNotNull();
+		FileChannelCache.closeChannelFor(testFile);
+	}
+
+}
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 3918f77aae..22d43e23af 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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
 /**
  * @author Iwein Fuld
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Emmanuel Roux
  */
 public class NioFileLockerTests {
 
@@ -76,4 +77,21 @@ public class NioFileLockerTests {
 		filter1.unlock(testFile);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void fileLockedWhenNotAlreadyLockedAndExists() throws IOException {
+		NioFileLocker locker = new NioFileLocker();
+		File testFile = new File(workdir, "test2");
+		testFile.createNewFile();
+		assertThat(locker.lock(testFile)).isTrue();
+		locker.unlock(testFile);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void fileNotLockedWhenNotExists() throws IOException {
+		NioFileLocker locker = new NioFileLocker();
+		File testFile = new File(workdir, "test3");
+		assertThat(locker.lock(testFile)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(testFile.exists()).isFalse();
+	}
+
 }