diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 1d79df4957..576f3be019 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ module Rails
       end
 
       def skip_action_mailbox? # :doc:
-        options[:skip_active_record]
+        skip_active_storage?
       end
 
       class GemfileEntry < Struct.new(:name, :version, :comment, :options, :commented_out)
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 123290b5e1..7d3b031416 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ class AppGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
     assert_file "#{application_path}/config/application.rb", /#\s+require\s+["']action_mailbox\/engine["']/
   end
 
+  def test_generator_skips_action_mailbox_when_skip_active_storage_is_given
+    run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-active-storage"]
+    assert_file "#{application_path}/config/application.rb", /#\s+require\s+["']action_mailbox\/engine["']/
+  end
+
   def test_app_update_does_not_change_config_target_version
     run_generator