diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/pom.xml
index 149e0fdc6..a493f620c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/pom.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<azure.functions.java.core.version>1.2.2
-		</azure.functions.java.core.version>
+		<azure.functions.java.core.version>1.2.2</azure.functions.java.core.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/FunctionInvoker.java b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/FunctionInvoker.java
index 7b89e1df7..db5da503d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/FunctionInvoker.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/adapter/azure/FunctionInvoker.java
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ public class FunctionInvoker<I, O> {
 
 		Object functionResult = function.apply(enhancedInput);
 
-		if (!(functionResult instanceof Publisher)) {
-			return postProcessImperativeFunctionResult(input, enhancedInput, functionResult, function, executionContext);
+		if (functionResult instanceof Publisher) {
+			return postProcessReactiveFunctionResult(input, enhancedInput, (Publisher<?>) functionResult, function, executionContext);
 		}
-		return postProcessReactiveFunctionResult(input, enhancedInput, (Publisher<?>) functionResult, function, executionContext);
+		return postProcessImperativeFunctionResult(input, enhancedInput, functionResult, function, executionContext);
 	}
 
 	/**