diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
index 05ca9437765467602a36ad201fd2887856bbec6c..0a99cbd004e0cf753d6aa49cbcb2fb0eda62cd41 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ def self.halting(next_callback, user_callback)
             target = env.target
             value  = env.value
 
-            unless env.halted
+            if env.halted
+              next_callback.call env
+            else
               user_callback.call(target, value) {
                 env = next_callback.call env
                 env.value
               }
               env
-            else
-              next_callback.call env
             end
           }
         end