3 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 87674cc2d0..1fbd3f80e6 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ module ActionView
       #   hidden_field(:user, :token)
       #   # => <input type="hidden" id="user_token" name="user[token]" value="#{@user.token}" />
       def hidden_field(object_name, method, options = {})
-        InstanceTag.new(object_name, method, self, options.delete(:object)).to_input_field_tag("hidden", options)
+        ActionView::Helpers::Tags::HiddenField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
       end
 
       # Returns a file upload input tag tailored for accessing a specified attribute (identified by +method+) on an object
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags.rb
index 036fb1efd8..b663f8b68f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module ActionView
       autoload :Label,         'action_view/helpers/tags/label'
       autoload :TextField,     'action_view/helpers/tags/text_field'
       autoload :PasswordField, 'action_view/helpers/tags/password_field'
+      autoload :HiddenField,   'action_view/helpers/tags/hidden_field'
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/hidden_field.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/hidden_field.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea86596e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/hidden_field.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers
+    module Tags
+      class HiddenField < TextField #:nodoc:
+        def render
+          @options.update(:size => nil)
+          super
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end