diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 59aba334b55af8ad3b3e42695e79f590e17e2a0b..a4c0061da845bd2fee2cdb66c5fe0d29ed16c6a6 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Deprecation: verification with :redirect_to => :named_route shouldn't be deprecated.  #7525 [Justin French]
+
 * Cookie session store: raise ArgumentError when :session_key is blank.  [Jeremy Kemper]
 
 * Deprecation: remove deprecated request, redirect, and dependency methods. Remove deprecated instance variables. Remove deprecated url_for(:symbol, *args) and redirect_to(:symbol, *args) in favor of named routes. Remove uses_component_template_root for toplevel components directory. Privatize deprecated render_partial and render_partial_collection view methods. Remove deprecated link_to_image, link_image_to, update_element_function, start_form_tag, and end_form_tag helper methods. Remove deprecated human_size helper alias.  [Jeremy Kemper]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/verification.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/verification.rb
index 7cdf658437682f9db496d550085ae7518d4b2aba..131131a1d81afa343c8d6c053cff2845b2e32684 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/verification.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/verification.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def verify_action(options) #:nodoc:
         response.headers.update(options[:add_headers]) if options[:add_headers]
         unless performed?
           render(options[:render]) if options[:render]
+          options[:redirect_to] = self.send(options[:redirect_to]) if options[:redirect_to].is_a? Symbol
           redirect_to(options[:redirect_to]) if options[:redirect_to]
         end
         return false
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/verification_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/verification_test.rb
index 05012cf7242aa656ad0c81241f527119daf1214f..bbcd7d59d8a8f8bfb6d8991eaf74ef1a204235c6 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/verification_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/verification_test.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,16 @@ class TestController < ActionController::Base
 
     verify :only => :must_be_post, :method => :post, :render => { :status => 405, :text => "Must be post" }, :add_headers => { "Allow" => "POST" }
 
+    verify :only => :guarded_one_for_named_route_test, :params => "one",
+           :redirect_to => :foo_url
+
     def guarded_one
       render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
     end
+    
+    def guarded_one_for_named_route_test
+      render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
+    end
 
     def guarded_with_flash
       render :text => "#{params[:one]}"
@@ -94,6 +101,14 @@ def setup
     @controller = TestController.new
     @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
     @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+    ActionController::Routing::Routes.add_named_route :foo, '/foo', :controller => 'test', :action => 'foo'
+  end
+  
+  def test_no_deprecation_warning_for_named_route
+    assert_not_deprecated do
+      get :guarded_one_for_named_route_test, :two => "not one"
+      assert_redirected_to '/foo'
+    end
   end
 
   def test_guarded_one_with_prereqs