diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index 74cfec962e..5aeb138f7a 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -133,13 +133,12 @@ module ActionView
option_tags ||= ""
html_name = (options[:multiple] == true && !name.to_s.ends_with?("[]")) ? "#{name}[]" : name
-
if options.include?(:include_blank)
include_blank = options.delete(:include_blank)
if include_blank == true
include_blank = ''
end
-
+
option_tags = content_tag(:option, include_blank, :value => '').safe_concat(option_tags)
end
diff --git a/actionview/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb b/actionview/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
index 4844398c13..e8170d43e1 100644
--- a/actionview/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionview/test/template/form_tag_helper_test.rb
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class FormTagHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
expected = %()
assert_dom_equal expected, actual
end
-
+
def test_select_tag_with_include_blank_string
actual = select_tag "places", "".html_safe, :include_blank => 'Choose'
expected = %()