diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
index 45f55a2a0aa94d0181eeae4a16c19300967805d0..32793b1a70f1cc6c8fdcb81bfcca8b81c696c0f0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def route(routing_code)
         sentinel = /\.routes\.draw do\s*$/
 
         in_root do
-          inject_into_file 'config/routes.rb', "\n  #{routing_code}\n", { :after => sentinel, :verbose => false }
+          inject_into_file 'config/routes.rb', "\n  #{routing_code}", { :after => sentinel, :verbose => false }
         end
       end