diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
index d4ed9112f7..726a89749a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
 import org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * Base class for channel parsers.