diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
index bc13ee00f1..2c6bcf7b7b 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/response.rb
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ module ActionDispatch # :nodoc:
         header.delete CONTENT_TYPE
         [status, header, []]
       else
-        [status, header, self]
+        [status, header, Rack::BodyProxy.new(self){}]
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
index 82d29867fe..959a3bc5cd 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/response_test.rb
@@ -226,6 +226,15 @@ class ResponseTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal({ 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' }, headers)
     assert_equal ['Not Found'], body.each.to_a
   end
+
+  test "[response].flatten does not recurse infinitely" do
+    Timeout.timeout(1) do # use a timeout to prevent it stalling indefinitely
+      status, headers, body = [@response].flatten
+      assert_equal @response.status, status
+      assert_equal @response.headers, headers
+      assert_equal @response.body, body.each.to_a.join
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class ResponseIntegrationTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest