diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb
index e963b045248a14efb57d5766987e2087a19c3ba0..97f7cf0bbe7776a75ecf792771a132f33623c01e 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   def debug_hash(hash)
     hash.sort_by { |k, v| k.to_s }.map { |k, v| "#{k}: #{v.inspect rescue $!.message}" }.join("\n")
-  end
+  end unless self.class.method_defined?(:debug_hash)
 %>
 
 <h2 style="margin-top: 30px">Request</h2>
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 
 
 <h2 style="margin-top: 30px">Response</h2>
-<p><b>Headers</b>: <pre><%=h @response ? @response.headers.inspect.gsub(',', ",\n") : 'None' %></pre></p>
+<p><b>Headers</b>: <pre><%=h defined?(@response) ? @response.headers.inspect.gsub(',', ",\n") : 'None' %></pre></p>