diff --git a/lib/brakeman/processors/lib/render_helper.rb b/lib/brakeman/processors/lib/render_helper.rb
index b69644c712ed4bc14a809b6182045783850858f2..2fef90c7874ca25f4017e48848d9912c1a584baa 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/processors/lib/render_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/processors/lib/render_helper.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ module Brakeman::RenderHelper
 
   #Processes a given action
   def process_action name, args
-    process_template template_name(name), args
+    if name.is_a? String or name.is_a? Symbol
+      process_template template_name(name), args
+    end
   end
 
   #Processes a template, adding any instance variables
diff --git a/test/apps/rails3/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/test/apps/rails3/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 35d11f720b586398b8898a4aaf588e4c4a1b1394..cd11a58ac8b6819352b24fbbd9719f2274e22139 100644
--- a/test/apps/rails3/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/test/apps/rails3/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
     redirect_to url_for(url)
   end
 
+  def test_render_a_method_call
+    @user = User.find(params['user']).name
+    render :test_render
+  end
+
   private
 
   def filter_it
diff --git a/test/apps/rails3/app/views/home/test_render.html.erb b/test/apps/rails3/app/views/home/test_render.html.erb
index 76f8762fd528838a051d577c716eb1cca4f6abdd..fc6209c96dce8aea8eb0dabb972c89d3d9a613a3 100644
--- a/test/apps/rails3/app/views/home/test_render.html.erb
+++ b/test/apps/rails3/app/views/home/test_render.html.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 <h1>Home#test_render</h1>
 <p>Find me in app/views/home/test_render.html.erb</p>
+<%= render @user %>