diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterService.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterService.java
index cd6ec2e5b92..f0ad86fd4bc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterService.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterService.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class DefaultCounterService implements CounterService {
 
 	@Override
 	public void reset(String metricName) {
-		this.writer.increment(new Delta<Long>(wrap(metricName), 0L));
+		this.writer.reset(wrap(metricName));
 	}
 
 	private String wrap(String metricName) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterServiceTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterServiceTests.java
index ed522c12e3b..c4d731b7aab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterServiceTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/writer/DefaultCounterServiceTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.writer;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Captor;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 /**
  * Tests for {@link DefaultCounterService}.
  */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class DefaultCounterServiceTests {
 
 	private final MetricWriter repository = mock(MetricWriter.class);
@@ -33,22 +37,28 @@ public class DefaultCounterServiceTests {
 	private final DefaultCounterService service = new DefaultCounterService(
 			this.repository);
 
+	@Captor
+	private ArgumentCaptor<Delta<Number>> captor;
+
 	@Test
 	public void incrementPrependsCounter() {
 		this.service.increment("foo");
-		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-		ArgumentCaptor<Delta> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Delta.class);
-		verify(this.repository).increment(captor.capture());
-		assertEquals("counter.foo", captor.getValue().getName());
+		verify(this.repository).increment(this.captor.capture());
+		assertEquals("counter.foo", this.captor.getValue().getName());
+		assertEquals(1L, this.captor.getValue().getValue());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void decrementPrependsCounter() {
 		this.service.decrement("foo");
-		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-		ArgumentCaptor<Delta> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Delta.class);
-		verify(this.repository).increment(captor.capture());
-		assertEquals("counter.foo", captor.getValue().getName());
-		assertEquals(-1L, captor.getValue().getValue());
+		verify(this.repository).increment(this.captor.capture());
+		assertEquals("counter.foo", this.captor.getValue().getName());
+		assertEquals(-1L, this.captor.getValue().getValue());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void resetResetsCounter() throws Exception {
+		this.service.reset("foo");
+		verify(this.repository).reset("counter.foo");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-integration-tests/pom.xml b/spring-boot-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 4809f49ec01..c3164448646 100644
--- a/spring-boot-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,39 @@
 							</execution>
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-samples</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>run</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<target>
+										<delete includeemptydirs="true">
+											<fileset dir="${main.basedir}/spring-boot-samples" includes="**/target/" />
+										</delete>
+									</target>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>clean-samples</id>
+								<phase>clean</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>clean</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>