diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/AbstractFtpInboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/AbstractFtpInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index c1d3af385e..aaa0477637 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/AbstractFtpInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/AbstractFtpInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFtpInboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractPol
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder synchronizerBuilder = 
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition("org.springframework.integration.ftp.inbound.FtpInboundFileSynchronizer");
 		
+		synchronizerBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(poolBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(synchronizerBuilder, element, "remote-directory", "remotePath");
-		synchronizerBuilder.addPropertyValue("sessionFactory", poolBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
 //		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(synchronizerBuilder, element, "auto-delete-remote-files-on-sync", "shouldDeleteSourceFile");
 //		
 //		
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
index 2a872a5be2..3afc2ed6b1 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundFileSynchronizer.java
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ public class FtpInboundFileSynchronizer extends AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer<
 
 
 	/**
-	 * The {@link org.springframework.integration.ftp.session.FtpClientPool} that holds references to {@link org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient} instances
-	 *
-	 * @param clientPool the {@link org.springframework.integration.ftp.session.FtpClientPool}
+	 * Create a synchronizer with the {@link SessionFactory} used to acquire {@link Session} instances.
 	 */
-	public void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
+	public FtpInboundFileSynchronizer(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
+		Assert.notNull(sessionFactory, "sessionFactory must not be null");
 		this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
 	}
 
+
 	public void setRemotePath(String remotePath) {
 		this.remotePath = remotePath;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTest.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTest.java
index ce59e8807e..ebc3055c06 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTest.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTest.java
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizerTest {
 		FtpInboundFileSynchronizingMessageSource ms = 
 			new FtpInboundFileSynchronizingMessageSource();
 		
-		FtpInboundFileSynchronizer synchronizer = spy(new FtpInboundFileSynchronizer());
-		synchronizer.setSessionFactory(ftpSessionFactory);
+		FtpInboundFileSynchronizer synchronizer = spy(new FtpInboundFileSynchronizer(ftpSessionFactory));
 		synchronizer.setShouldDeleteSourceFile(true);
 		synchronizer.setRemotePath("remote-test-dir");
 		synchronizer.setFilter(new FtpPatternMatchingFileListFilter(".*\\.test$"));