diff --git a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb
index 19cfd7dae1..21c6191691 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module AbstractController
       # * <tt>name</tt>     - The callback to be added
       # * <tt>options</tt>  - A hash of options to be used when adding the callback
       def _insert_callbacks(callbacks, block = nil)
-        options = callbacks.last.is_a?(Hash) ? callbacks.pop : {}
+        options = callbacks.extract_options!
         _normalize_callback_options(options)
         callbacks.push(block) if block
         callbacks.each do |callback|