diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
index 67eb66e7b3..6774034138 100644
--- a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ public class ActiveMQConfiguration extends JmsConfiguration {
                     throw e1;
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            return loader.loadClass(name);
         }
         return null;
     }