diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
index a387e9a5e..98d8af3cc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ public class ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				param = type;
+				param = Object.class;
 			}
 			return param;
 		}