diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter.java
index 3bd8949ab..18e560afd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter.java
@@ -110,12 +110,7 @@ class ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter extends MappingJackson2MessageC
 						StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			}
 			else {
-				try {
-					result = super.convertFromInternal(message, targetClass, conversionHint);
-				}
-				catch (Exception e) {
-					// ignore
-				}
+				result = super.convertFromInternal(message, targetClass, conversionHint);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverterTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..375c8f61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/converter/ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-2021 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.stream.converter;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConversionException;
+import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+
+public class ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverterTests {
+	@Test
+	void badJson() {
+
+		try {
+			ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter converter = new ApplicationJsonMessageMarshallingConverter(
+					initObjectMapper());
+			converter.convertFromInternal(
+					new GenericMessage<>("{ notjson }".getBytes()), JsonNode.class, null);
+		}
+		catch (MessageConversionException e) {
+			// Good
+		}
+		catch (Throwable t) {
+			fail();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private ObjectMapper initObjectMapper() {
+		ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		objectMapper.configure(MapperFeature.DEFAULT_VIEW_INCLUSION, false);
+		objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+		return objectMapper;
+	}
+}