diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/railtie.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
index b2926006b4de65fd3b69756579d9819be968d92e..2296db9092847e3c47a75487965644b504438862 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
     end
 
     initializer "action_view.set_configs" do |app|
-      ActionView::Base.default_method_for_update = app.config.default_method_for_update
       ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) do
+        self.default_method_for_update = app.config.default_method_for_update
         app.config.action_view.each do |k,v|
           send "#{k}=", v
         end