diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
index 1d9e8e0a7..bb5086916 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class SimpleFunctionRegistry implements FunctionRegistry, FunctionInspect
 	}
 
 	String determinImpliedDefinition(Set<String> fNames, String originalDefinition) {
-		if (fNames.size() == 2) {
+		if (!fNames.contains(RoutingFunction.FUNCTION_NAME) && fNames.size() == 2) {
 			Iterator<String> iter = fNames.iterator();
 			String n1 = iter.next();
 			String n2 = iter.next();