diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
index 6d5acf1726fd70b2010279f934ac77233a0d1021..d9d985a5358245f62046e4a59df790ca745d2915 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def time_zone_options_for_select(selected = nil, priority_zones = nil, model = :
         end
 
         zone_options += options_for_select(convert_zones[zones], selected)
-        zone_options
+        zone_options.html_safe
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_test.rb
index aa40e46aa85bbf6f69b5b078124d8fb8558c73be..9c65abfc261c9eefad8b50828ead04fb71ee4d94 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/form_options_helper_test.rb
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ def test_time_zone_options_with_unselected_priority_zones
                  opts
   end
 
+  def test_time_zone_options_returns_html_safe_string
+    assert time_zone_options_for_select.html_safe?
+  end
+
   def test_select
     @post = Post.new
     @post.category = "<mus>"