diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb b/railties/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb
index ec5212ee76..4ea7e40319 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/rack/logger.rb
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ module Rails
           instrumenter = ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrumenter
           instrumenter.start "request.action_dispatch", request: request
           logger.info { started_request_message(request) }
-          resp = @app.call(env)
-          resp[2] = ::Rack::BodyProxy.new(resp[2]) { finish(request) }
-          resp
+          status, headers, body = @app.call(env)
+          body = ::Rack::BodyProxy.new(body) { finish(request) }
+          [status, headers, body]
         rescue Exception
           finish(request)
           raise
diff --git a/railties/test/rack_logger_test.rb b/railties/test/rack_logger_test.rb
index e47f30d5b6..41e063e893 100644
--- a/railties/test/rack_logger_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/rack_logger_test.rb
@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ module Rails
 
         attr_reader :logger
 
-        def initialize(logger = NULL, taggers = nil, &block)
-          super(->(_) { block.call; [200, {}, []] }, taggers)
+        def initialize(logger = NULL, app: nil, taggers: nil, &block)
+          app ||= ->(_) { block.call; [200, {}, []] }
+          super(app, taggers)
           @logger = logger
         end
 
         def development?; false; end
       end
 
+      class TestApp < Struct.new(:response)
+        def call(_env)
+          response
+        end
+      end
+
       Subscriber = Struct.new(:starts, :finishes) do
         def initialize(starts = [], finishes = [])
           super
@@ -72,6 +79,15 @@ module Rails
           end
         end
       end
+
+      def test_logger_does_not_mutate_app_return
+        response = []
+        app = TestApp.new(response)
+        logger = TestLogger.new(app: app)
+        assert_no_changes("response") do
+          logger.call("REQUEST_METHOD" => "GET")
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end