diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistry.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistry.java
index e3a34fb70..aefceff04 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistry.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistry extends SimpleFunctionRegistry imp
 		}
 
 		if (!FunctionTypeUtils.isTypeMap(inputType2)) {
-			throw new UnsupportedOperationException("BiFunction's second argument must be assignable to Map, since BiFunction "
+			logger.debug("BiFunction's second argument must be assignable to Map, since BiFunction "
 					+ "represents parsed Message with first argument being payload and second headers. "
 					+ "Other signatures are not supported at the moment.");
 		}