diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
index 8f1116b6af..e1fe92a11b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module Rails
 
     private
       def output_inline?
-        options.fetch(:output_inline, true)
+        options[:output_inline]
       end
 
       def fail_fast?
diff --git a/railties/test/test_unit/reporter_test.rb b/railties/test/test_unit/reporter_test.rb
index 59fdf4bc36..fa6bb71c64 100644
--- a/railties/test/test_unit/reporter_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/test_unit/reporter_test.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class TestUnitReporterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   setup do
     @output = StringIO.new
-    @reporter = Rails::TestUnitReporter.new @output
+    @reporter = Rails::TestUnitReporter.new @output, output_inline: true
   end
 
   test "prints rerun snippet to run a single failed test" do
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TestUnitReporterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   test "outputs skipped tests inline if verbose" do
-    verbose = Rails::TestUnitReporter.new @output, verbose: true
+    verbose = Rails::TestUnitReporter.new @output, verbose: true, output_inline: true
     verbose.record(skipped_test)
     verbose.report