diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
index 87526b78d1..5ecacfc3a7 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module ActionView
       #  number_to_phone(1235551234, :country_code => 1, :extension => 1343, :delimiter => ".")
       #  => +1.123.555.1234 x 1343
       def number_to_phone(number, options = {})
-        return nil unless number
+        return unless number
 
         begin
           Float(number)