diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/behaviors.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/behaviors.rb
index f0842f201d..f54f65dcf0 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/behaviors.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/behaviors.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       attr_accessor :debug
 
       def behavior
-        @behavior ||= DEFAULT_BEHAVIORS[:stderr]
+        @behavior ||= [DEFAULT_BEHAVIORS[:stderr]]
       end
 
       def behavior=(behavior)
diff --git a/activesupport/test/deprecation_test.rb b/activesupport/test/deprecation_test.rb
index 44f1aebb37..cad0810241 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/deprecation_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/deprecation_test.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ class DeprecationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal 123, result
   end
 
+  def test_assert_deprecated_warn_work_with_default_behavior
+    ActiveSupport::Deprecation.instance_variable_set('@behavior' , nil)
+    assert_deprecated('abc') do
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn 'abc'
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_silence
     ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
       assert_not_deprecated { @dtc.partially }