2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/paths.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/paths.rb
index 8cc3fe291c..a0a2f96886 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/paths.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/paths.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
         end
       end
 
-      return Template.new(original_template_path, original_template_path.to_s =~ /\A\// ? "" : ".") if File.file?(original_template_path)
+      return Template.new(original_template_path) if File.file?(original_template_path)
 
       raise MissingTemplate.new(self, original_template_path, format)
     end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template.rb
index c339c8a554..4497c4ac32 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/template.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/template.rb
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
     attr_accessor :locale, :name, :format, :extension
     delegate :to_s, :to => :path
 
-    def initialize(template_path, load_path)
-      @template_path = template_path.dup
-      @load_path, @filename = load_path, File.join(load_path, template_path)
+    def initialize(template_path, load_path = nil)
+      @template_path, @load_path = template_path.dup, load_path
       @base_path, @name, @locale, @format, @extension = split(template_path)
       @base_path.to_s.gsub!(/\/$/, '') # Push to split method
 
@@ -180,6 +179,12 @@ module ActionView #:nodoc:
       @@exempt_from_layout.any? { |exempted| path =~ exempted }
     end
 
+    def filename
+      # no load_path means this is an "absolute pathed" template
+      load_path ? File.join(load_path, template_path) : template_path
+    end
+    memoize :filename
+
     def source
       File.read(filename)
     end