diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb
index 5157b0402f..1a1fa1eedd 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/json.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ end
 
 class Array
   def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
-    map { |v| v.as_json(options && options.dup) }
+    map { |v| options ? v.as_json(options.dup) : v.as_json }
   end
 
   def encode_json(encoder) #:nodoc:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Hash
       self
     end
 
-    Hash[subset.map { |k, v| [k.to_s, v.as_json(options && options.dup)] }]
+    Hash[subset.map { |k, v| [k.to_s, options ? v.as_json(options.dup) : v.as_json] }]
   end
 
   def encode_json(encoder) #:nodoc:
diff --git a/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
index 39da760bf2..00f43be6d4 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ class TestJSONEncoding < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  class OptionsTest
+    def as_json(options = :default)
+      options
+    end
+  end
+
   class HashWithAsJson < Hash
     attr_accessor :as_json_called
 
@@ -332,6 +338,16 @@ class TestJSONEncoding < ActiveSupport::TestCase
                   "other_hash" => {"foo"=>"other_foo","test"=>"other_test"}}, ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(hash.to_json))
   end
 
+  def test_hash_as_json_without_options
+    json = { foo: OptionsTest.new }.as_json
+    assert_equal({"foo" => :default}, json)
+  end
+
+  def test_array_as_json_without_options
+    json = [ OptionsTest.new ].as_json
+    assert_equal([:default], json)
+  end
+
   def test_struct_encoding
     Struct.new('UserNameAndEmail', :name, :email)
     Struct.new('UserNameAndDate', :name, :date)