diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
index eb315cf4f..252b52389 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ public class FunctionInvocationWrapper implements Function<Object, Object>, Cons
 
 		private PostProcessingFunction postProcessor;
 
+		private Consumer<Boolean> skipInputConversionCallback;
+
 		/*
 		 * This is primarily to support Stream's ability to access
 		 * un-converted payload (e.g., to evaluate expression on some attribute of a payload)
@@ -483,6 +485,9 @@ public boolean isSkipOutputConversion() {
 			return skipOutputConversion;
 		}
 
+		public boolean isSkipInputConversion() {
+			return skipInputConversion;
+		}
 
 		public boolean isPrototype() {
 			return !this.isSingleton;
@@ -493,6 +498,13 @@ public void setSkipInputConversion(boolean skipInputConversion) {
 				logger.debug("'skipInputConversion' was explicitely set to true. No input conversion will be attempted");
 			}
 			this.skipInputConversion = skipInputConversion;
+			if (this.skipInputConversionCallback != null) {
+				this.skipInputConversionCallback.accept(skipInputConversion);
+			}
+		}
+
+		void setSkipInputConversionCallback(Consumer<Boolean> skipInputConversionCallback) {
+			this.skipInputConversionCallback = skipInputConversionCallback;
 		}
 
 		public void setSkipOutputConversion(boolean skipOutputConversion) {
@@ -684,6 +696,10 @@ else if (this.outputType == null) {
 
 			String composedName = this.functionDefinition + "|" + afterWrapper.functionDefinition;
 			FunctionInvocationWrapper composedFunction = invocationWrapperInstance(composedName, rawComposedFunction, composedFunctionType);
+			composedFunction.setSkipInputConversionCallback((skipInputConversion) -> {
+				this.setSkipInputConversion(skipInputConversion);
+				afterWrapper.setSkipInputConversion(skipInputConversion);
+			});
 			composedFunction.composed = true;
 			if (((FunctionInvocationWrapper) after).target instanceof PostProcessingFunction) {
 				composedFunction.postProcessor = (PostProcessingFunction) ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) after).target;
@@ -836,7 +852,7 @@ private Object fluxifyInputIfNecessary(Object input) {
 				if ((!treatPayloadAsPlainText && JsonMapper.isJsonStringRepresentsCollection(payload))
 						&& !FunctionTypeUtils.isTypeCollection(this.inputType)
 						&& !FunctionTypeUtils.isTypeArray(this.inputType)) {
-					MessageHeaders headers = ((Message) input).getHeaders();
+					MessageHeaders headers = input instanceof Message ? ((Message) input).getHeaders() : new MessageHeaders(Collections.emptyMap());
 					Collection collectionPayload = jsonMapper.fromJson(payload, Collection.class);
 					Class inputClass = FunctionTypeUtils.getRawType(this.inputType);
 					if (this.isInputTypeMessage()) {
@@ -1103,6 +1119,9 @@ else if (FunctionTypeUtils.isMultipleArgumentType(type)) {
 				convertedInput = Tuples.fromArray(convertedInputs);
 			}
 			else if (this.skipInputConversion) {
+				if (!(input instanceof Message)) {
+					input = MessageBuilder.withPayload(input).build();
+				}
 				convertedInput = this.isInputTypeMessage()
 						? input
 						: new OriginalMessageHolder(((Message) input).getPayload(), (Message<?>) input);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
index 49ab2baa7..edd78aeac 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/BeanFactoryAwareFunctionRegistryTests.java
@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ public void testCompositionWithNonExistingFunction() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(registration.getNames().iterator().next()).isEqualTo("echo1");
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+	@Test
+	public void testMessageWithArrayAsPayload() throws Exception {
+		FunctionCatalog catalog = this.configureCatalog(MessageWithArrayAsPayload.class);
+		FunctionInvocationWrapper function = catalog.lookup("myFunction");
+
+		List payload = List.of("Ricky", "Julien", "Bubbles");
+
+		Message result = (Message) function.apply(MessageBuilder.withPayload(payload).build());
+
+		assertThat(((Collection) result.getPayload())).isNotEmpty();
+
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
 	@Test
 	public void testCompositionWithNullReturnInBetween() {
@@ -325,7 +339,7 @@ public void testReactiveVoidInputFunctionAsSupplier() {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void testComposition() {
+	public void testComposition() throws Exception {
 		FunctionCatalog catalog = this.configureCatalog();
 		Function<Flux<String>, Flux<String>> fluxFunction = catalog.lookup("uppercase|reverseFlux");
 
@@ -348,8 +362,24 @@ public void testComposition() {
 		assertThat(result.get(0)).isEqualTo("OLLEH");
 		assertThat(result.get(1)).isEqualTo("EYB");
 
-		Function<String, String> function = catalog.lookup("uppercase|reverse");
+		FunctionInvocationWrapper function = catalog.lookup("uppercase|reverse");
 		assertThat(function.apply("foo")).isEqualTo("OOF");
+
+		Object target =  function.getTarget();
+		Field arg1Field = ReflectionUtils.findField(target.getClass(), "arg$1");
+		arg1Field.setAccessible(true);
+		FunctionInvocationWrapper functionUppercase = (FunctionInvocationWrapper) arg1Field.get(target);
+
+		Field arg2Field = ReflectionUtils.findField(target.getClass(), "arg$2");
+		arg2Field.setAccessible(true);
+		FunctionInvocationWrapper functionReverse = (FunctionInvocationWrapper) arg2Field.get(target);
+
+		assertThat(functionUppercase.isSkipInputConversion()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(functionReverse.isSkipInputConversion()).isFalse();
+
+		function.setSkipInputConversion(true);
+		assertThat(functionUppercase.isSkipInputConversion()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(functionReverse.isSkipInputConversion()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -1509,4 +1539,13 @@ public Function<String, String> echo2() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
+	@Configuration
+	public static class MessageWithArrayAsPayload {
+
+		@Bean
+		public Function<Message<?>, Message<?>> myFunction() {
+			return msg -> msg;
+		}
+	}
 }