diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index 86ab68929f..55348a0456 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser extends Abstrac
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder adapterBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(SourcePollingChannelAdapter.class);
 		adapterBuilder.addPropertyReference("source", source);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(channelName)) {
-			adapterBuilder.addPropertyReference("channel", channelName);
+			adapterBuilder.addPropertyReference("outputChannel", channelName);
 		}
 		else {
-			adapterBuilder.addPropertyReference("channel", this.createDirectChannel(element, parserContext));
+			adapterBuilder.addPropertyReference("outputChannel", this.createDirectChannel(element, parserContext));
 		}
 		if (pollerElement != null) {
 			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.configureSchedule(pollerElement, adapterBuilder);