diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc b/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
index f224253a4..2aaa706e9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ public class SendingBean {
     }
 }
 ----
-
 ==== Producing and Consuming Messages
 
 You can write a Spring Cloud Stream application using either Spring Integration annotations or Spring Cloud Stream's `@StreamListener` annotation.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/OutputBindingLifecycle.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/OutputBindingLifecycle.java
index db360249d..20955c596 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/OutputBindingLifecycle.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binding/OutputBindingLifecycle.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public class OutputBindingLifecycle implements SmartLifecycle, ApplicationContex
 						"Cannot perform binding, no proper implementation found", e);
 			}
 			this.running = true;
-			this.applicationContext.start();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/LifecycleBinderTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/LifecycleBinderTests.java
index 6703ec350..b8f70216a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/LifecycleBinderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/LifecycleBinderTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
+ * @author Ilayaperumal Gopinathan
  */
 public class LifecycleBinderTests {
 
@@ -39,9 +40,8 @@ public class LifecycleBinderTests {
 	public void testNonSmartLifecyclesStarted() {
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext = SpringApplication.run(TestSource.class, "--server.port=-1");
 		SimpleLifecycle simpleLifecycle = applicationContext.getBean(SimpleLifecycle.class);
-		assertThat(simpleLifecycle.isRunning());
-		applicationContext.close();
 		assertThat(simpleLifecycle.isRunning()).isFalse();
+		applicationContext.close();
 	}
 
 	@EnableBinding(Source.class)