diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/compilable.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/compilable.rb
index 25bd0fea7f..28c72172a0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/compilable.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/compilable.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module ActionView
           locals_code << "#{key} = local_assigns[:#{key}]\n"
         end
 
-        "def #{render_symbol}(local_assigns)\n#{locals_code}#{body}\nend"
+        "def #{render_symbol}(local_assigns)\nold_output_buffer = @output_buffer;#{locals_code}#{body}\nensure\n@output_buffer = old_output_buffer\nend"
       end
 
       # Return true if the given template was compiled for a superset of the keys in local_assigns
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ module ActionView
 
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
index d0ee93cf3f..8b3ddc7603 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class FragmentCachingTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_cache_erb_fragment
     @store.write('views/expensive', 'fragment content')
-    @controller.template.output_buffer = 'generated till now -> '
+    @controller.response.template.output_buffer = 'generated till now -> '
 
     assert_equal( 'generated till now -> fragment content',
                   ActionView::TemplateHandlers::ERB.new(@controller).cache_fragment(Proc.new{ }, 'expensive'))