diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb
index fa2038f78d85142f6c24524f06a53c819da7434a..9c50d946240bb1c7d846f76db7e33abdb6f41e0e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template/resolver.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module ActionView
   # = Action View Resolver
   class Resolver
     # Keeps all information about view path and builds virtual path.
-    class Path < String
+    class Path
       attr_reader :name, :prefix, :partial, :virtual
       alias_method :partial?, :partial
 
@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ def self.build(name, prefix, partial)
       end
 
       def initialize(name, prefix, partial, virtual)
-        @name, @prefix, @partial = name, prefix, partial
-        super(virtual)
+        @name    = name
+        @prefix  = prefix
+        @partial = partial
+        @virtual = virtual
       end
+
+      def to_str
+        @virtual
+      end
+      alias :to_s :to_str
     end
 
     cattr_accessor :caching
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/testing/null_resolver_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/testing/null_resolver_test.rb
index 535ad3ab148d0916e3d926ad9ce6567758067814..55ec36e753c4d9692192b8378b34423c2c05cc69 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/testing/null_resolver_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/testing/null_resolver_test.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def test_should_return_template_for_any_path
     templates = resolver.find_all("path.erb", "arbitrary", false, {:locale => [], :formats => [:html], :handlers => []})
     assert_equal 1, templates.size, "expected one template"
     assert_equal "Template generated by Null Resolver", templates.first.source
-    assert_equal "arbitrary/path.erb", templates.first.virtual_path
+    assert_equal "arbitrary/path.erb", templates.first.virtual_path.to_s
     assert_equal [:html],          templates.first.formats
   end
 end