diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
index 9279a88..f83ae81 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module ActionView
           ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed.  Please remove it from your views and helpers.", caller)
         end
 
-        output_buffer.safe_concat(string)
+        output_buffer.concat(string)
       end
 
       # Truncates a given +text+ after a given <tt>:length</tt> if +text+ is longer than <tt>:length</tt>
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
index 9ef0564..297be5b 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/text_helper_test.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class TextHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_equal 'foobar', output_buffer
   end
 
+  def test_safe_concat
+    self.output_buffer = ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer.new('foo')
+    assert_equal 'foobar', safe_concat('bar')
+    assert_equal 'foobar', output_buffer
+  end
+
   def test_simple_format
     assert_equal "<p></p>", simple_format(nil)