diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
index bf48544ff5..fd163a47f4 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
           password = options.delete :password
         end
 
-        recall  = options.delete(:_recall)
+        recall  = options.delete(:_recall) { {} }
 
         original_script_name = options.delete(:original_script_name)
         script_name = find_script_name options
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
         path_options = options.dup
         RESERVED_OPTIONS.each { |ro| path_options.delete ro }
 
-        path, params = generate(path_options, recall || {})
+        path, params = generate(path_options, recall)
         params.merge!(options[:params] || {})
 
         ActionDispatch::Http::URL.url_for(options.merge!({
diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 03a4741f42..46de36317e 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ module ActionDispatch
 end
 
 module RoutingTestHelpers
-  def url_for(set, options, recall = nil)
-    set.send(:url_for, options.merge(:only_path => true, :_recall => recall))
+  def url_for(set, options, recall = {})
+    set.url_for options.merge(:only_path => true, :_recall => recall)
   end
 end