diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
index bca0dcffd8..ddc93464cd 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ module AbstractController
         options[:prefixes] ||= _prefixes
       end
 
-      options[:text] = nil if options.delete(:nothing) == true
-      options[:text] = " " if options.key?(:text) && options[:text].nil?
-
       options[:template] ||= (options[:action] || action_name).to_s
       options
     end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
index 70fd79bb8b..f6e9e4c4ac 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module ActionController
         options[:text] = options[:text].to_text
       end
 
+      if options.delete(:nothing) || (options.key?(:text) && options[:text].nil?)
+        options[:text] = " "
+      end
+
       if options[:status]
         options[:status] = Rack::Utils.status_code(options[:status])
       end