diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults.rb.tt
index 5ad18cc5ad1785808d1531a373875deffd872b6a..3ad3eba98a97fd86949a820d11e051673a889f74 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/new_framework_defaults.rb.tt
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ ActiveSupport.halt_callback_chains_on_return_false = <%= options[:update] ? true
 # Configure SSL options to enable HSTS with subdomains. Previous versions had false.
 Rails.application.config.ssl_options = { hsts: { subdomains: true } }
 <%- end -%>
+<%- unless options[:skip_sprockets] -%>
 
 # Unknown asset fallback will return the path passed in when the given
 # asset is not present in the asset pipeline.
 Rails.application.config.assets.unknown_asset_fallback = <%= options[:update] ? true : false %>
+<%- end -%>
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 830e49a1b50df03f34a9942d201f769cc5d8a208..9299b9ebeade92b18b3fe83a4e6b0d61e7dbffb2 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ def test_generator_if_skip_sprockets_is_given
       assert_no_match(/config\.assets\.js_compressor = :uglifier/, content)
       assert_no_match(/config\.assets\.css_compressor = :sass/, content)
     end
+    assert_file "config/initializers/new_framework_defaults.rb" do |content|
+      assert_no_match(/unknown_asset_fallback/, content)
+    end
   end
 
   def test_generator_if_skip_action_cable_is_given