1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper/sanitizers.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper/sanitizers.rb
index 99d4e64346..0e2e1826ec 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper/sanitizers.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/sanitize_helper/sanitizers.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ module ActionView
     end
 
     def remove_xpaths(html, xpaths)
-      html = Loofah.fragment(html) unless html.is_a? Nokogiri::XML::DocumentFragment
-      xpaths.each do |xpath|
-        html.xpath(xpath).each { |subtree| subtree.remove }
+      if html.respond_to?(:xpath)
+        xpaths.each { |xpath| html.xpath(xpath).remove }
+        html.to_s
+      else
+        remove_xpaths(Loofah.fragment(html), xpaths)
       end
-      html.to_s
     end
   end