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diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
index 25ad540468..20022aab91 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ module Test
private
# execute the request and set/volley the response
def process(action, parameters = nil, session = nil, flash = nil)
+ # Sanity check for required instance variables so we can give an understandable error message.
+ %w(controller request response).each do |iv_name|
+ assert_not_nil instance_variable_get("@#{iv_name}"), "@#{iv_name} is nil: make sure you set it in your test's setup method."
+ end
+
@html_document = nil
@request.env['REQUEST_METHOD'] ||= "GET"
@request.action = action.to_s