diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index c57e1ec917d8dcd75948803388afe6f4b3e8a687..08e945fdb804ac459b60a9f03179db2a07ceb779 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Correctly report which filter halted the chain.  #6699 [Martin Emde]
+
 * Fix a bug in Routing where a parameter taken from the path of the current request could not be used as a query parameter for the next. Closes #6752. [Nicholas Seckar]
 
 * Unrescued ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound responds with 404 instead of 500.  [Jeremy Kemper]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
index 113dba05d211caa00ad669d4e4f227ef7a422bc3..9f3d1e58d9507207d6c31a096093a57dddec7cf4 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb
@@ -616,10 +616,7 @@ def self.included(base)
       end
 
       def perform_action_with_filters
-        #result = perform_filters do
-        #  perform_action_without_filters unless performed?
-        #end
-        @before_filter_chain_aborted = (call_filter(self.class.filter_chain, 0) == false)
+        call_filter(self.class.filter_chain, 0)
       end
 
       def process_with_filters(request, response, method = :perform_action, *arguments) #:nodoc:
@@ -640,7 +637,7 @@ def call_filter(chain, index)
         filter.call(self) do
           halted = call_filter(chain, index.next)
         end
-        halt_filter_chain(filter.filter, :no_yield) if halted == false
+        halt_filter_chain(filter.filter, :no_yield) if halted == false unless @before_filter_chain_aborted
         halted
       end
 
@@ -653,6 +650,7 @@ def halt_filter_chain(filter, reason)
             logger.info "Filter chain halted as [#{filter.inspect}] returned false."
           end
         end
+        @before_filter_chain_aborted = true
         return false
       end