diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/assigns.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/assigns.rb
index 21459c6d51..4f58cac91f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/assigns.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/assigns.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module AbstractController
     def view_assigns
       hash = {}
       variables  = instance_variable_names
-      variables -= protected_instance_variables if respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
+      variables -= config.protected_instance_variables if config.respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
       variables.each { |name| hash[name] = instance_variable_get(name) }
       hash
     end
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ module AbstractController
       view_assigns.each { |k,v| object.instance_variable_set(k, v) }
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
index d2db366140..f1e6f7deb6 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module AbstractController
     def view_assigns
       hash = {}
       variables  = instance_variable_names
-      variables -= protected_instance_variables if respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
+      variables -= config.protected_instance_variables if config.respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
       variables.each { |name| hash[name.to_s[1..-1]] = instance_variable_get(name) }
       hash
     end