diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing/optimisations.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing/optimisations.rb
index 0fe836606ceba6abcbf8c06eb709bfd2fa668d12..894d4109e481fb6296a9d91a2c9778aab4f6db9d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing/optimisations.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing/optimisations.rb
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ def guard_condition
         end
 
         # This case uses almost the same code as positional arguments,
-        # but add an args.last.to_query on the end
+        # but add a question mark and args.last.to_query on the end,
+        # unless the last arg is empty
         def generation_code
-          super.insert(-2, '?#{args.last.to_query}')
+          super.insert(-2, '#{\'?\' + args.last.to_query unless args.last.empty?}')
         end
 
         # To avoid generating "http://localhost/?host=foo.example.com" we
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
index f480e6dbe47449bbb9645b56d35c1e63bd739f71..8bb1c49cbd88d504f51e46721b26eca012eeee43 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb
@@ -1694,6 +1694,12 @@ def test_named_route_url_method_with_ordered_parameters_and_hash
         controller.send(:multi_url, 7, "hello", 5, :baz => "bar")
     end
 
+    def test_named_route_url_method_with_ordered_parameters_and_empty_hash
+      controller = setup_named_route_test
+      assert_equal "http://named.route.test/people/go/7/hello/joe/5",
+        controller.send(:multi_url, 7, "hello", 5, {})
+    end
+
     def test_named_route_url_method_with_no_positional_arguments
       controller = setup_named_route_test
       assert_equal "http://named.route.test/people?baz=bar",