diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
index a8d12366cc1f4ef709fd0216d063d594614c2b2c..93a11d4586ae2bf0d154bd92279954e6fc892bce 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def const_missing(const_name)
       # top-level constant.
       def guess_for_anonymous(const_name)
         if Object.const_defined?(const_name)
-          raise NameError.new "#{const_name} cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module", const_name.to_s
+          raise NameError.new "#{const_name} cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module", const_name
         else
           Object
         end
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ def load_missing_constant(from_mod, const_name)
         end
       end
 
-      name_error = NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}", qualified_name)
+      name_error = NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}", const_name)
       name_error.set_backtrace(caller.reject {|l| l.starts_with? __FILE__ })
       raise name_error
     end
diff --git a/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb b/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
index ef0955e1a89680d99a1522f132d8e8338fe417a0..a013aadd67f4b66b491cd58991a1c3903ded2050 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
@@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ def test_non_existing_const_raises_name_error_with_fully_qualified_name
     with_autoloading_fixtures do
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { A::DoesNotExist.nil? }
       assert_equal "uninitialized constant A::DoesNotExist", e.message
-      assert_equal "A::DoesNotExist", e.name
+      assert_equal :DoesNotExist, e.name
 
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { A::B::DoesNotExist.nil? }
       assert_equal "uninitialized constant A::B::DoesNotExist", e.message
-      assert_equal "A::B::DoesNotExist", e.name
+      assert_equal :DoesNotExist, e.name
     end
   end
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def test_const_missing_in_anonymous_modules_raises_if_the_constant_belongs_to_Ob
       mod = Module.new
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { mod::E }
       assert_equal 'E cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module', e.message
-      assert_equal 'E', e.name
+      assert_equal :E, e.name
     end
   end