diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 9cc993062f..8c68ba3315 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -357,19 +357,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
     case _ ⇒ true
   }
 
-  private def verifyActorConfiguration(system: ActorSystem, props: Props, actorName: String): Unit = {
-    import akka.config.ConfigurationException
-    import akka.routing.NoRouter
-    // verify that a BalancingDispatcher is not used with a Router
-    if (system.dispatchers.lookup(props.dispatcher).isInstanceOf[BalancingDispatcher] && props.routerConfig != NoRouter)
-      throw new ConfigurationException(
-        "Configuration for actor [" + actorName +
-          "] is invalid - you can not use a 'BalancingDispatcher' together with any type of 'Router'")
-  }
-
   private def _actorOf(props: Props, name: String): ActorRef = {
-    verifyActorConfiguration(systemImpl, props, name)
-
     if (system.settings.SerializeAllCreators && !props.creator.isInstanceOf[NoSerializationVerificationNeeded]) {
       val ser = SerializationExtension(system)
       ser.serialize(props.creator) match {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
index 93d44e007d..a81a8e6c2b 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ class Dispatchers(val settings: ActorSystem.Settings, val prerequisites: Dispatc
    * Throws: IllegalArgumentException if the value of "type" is not valid
    *         IllegalArgumentException if it cannot create the MessageDispatcherConfigurator
    */
-  private[akka] def from(cfg: Config): MessageDispatcher = {
-    configuratorFrom(cfg).dispatcher()
-  }
+  private[akka] def from(cfg: Config): MessageDispatcher = configuratorFrom(cfg).dispatcher()
+
+  private[akka] def isBalancingDispatcher(id: String): Boolean = settings.config.hasPath(id) && config(id).getString("type") == "BalancingDispatcher"
 
   /*
    * Creates a MessageDispatcherConfigurator from a Config.
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
index fdf14a5b96..58ecbfcdc5 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@ private[akka] class RoutedActorRef(_system: ActorSystemImpl, _props: Props, _sup
     _supervisor,
     _path) {
 
+  // verify that a BalancingDispatcher is not used with a Router
+  if (_system.dispatchers.isBalancingDispatcher(_props.dispatcher) && _props.routerConfig != NoRouter)
+    throw new ConfigurationException(
+      "Configuration for actor [" + _path.toString +
+        "] is invalid - you can not use a 'BalancingDispatcher' together with any type of 'Router'")
+
   /*
    * CAUTION: RoutedActorRef is PROBLEMATIC
    * ======================================
-   * 
-   * We are constructing/assembling the children outside of the scope of the 
+   *
+   * We are constructing/assembling the children outside of the scope of the
    * Router actor, inserting them in its childrenRef list, which is not at all
    * synchronized. This is done exactly once at start-up, all other accesses
    * are done from the Router actor. This means that the only thing which is