diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/MixedDispatcherConfigurationScenarioTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/MixedDispatcherConfigurationScenarioTests-context.xml
index a82bc143a7..ac8ca06ada 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/MixedDispatcherConfigurationScenarioTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/MixedDispatcherConfigurationScenarioTests-context.xml
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@
 		<beans:property name="threadGroupName" value="dispatchers"/>
 	</beans:bean>
 
+	<!-- send async errors to null channel to avoid chatter -->
+	<bridge input-channel="errorChannel" output-channel="nullChannel"/>
+
 </beans:beans>
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