diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/visitors.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/visitors.rb
index 2964d80d9f089e9674e337123ec543af38030dbc..0a8cb1b4d48ab0b4916b6883dcc44f3d6e6c4341 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/visitors.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/journey/visitors.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Journey # :nodoc:
     module Visitors # :nodoc:
       class Visitor # :nodoc:
         DISPATCH_CACHE = Hash.new { |h,k|
-          h[k] = "visit_#{k}"
+          h[k] = :"visit_#{k}"
         }
 
         def accept(node)