diff --git a/lib/jbuilder/jbuilder_template.rb b/lib/jbuilder/jbuilder_template.rb
index 1cf8cbe..36d525c 100644
--- a/lib/jbuilder/jbuilder_template.rb
+++ b/lib/jbuilder/jbuilder_template.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def _is_active_model?(object)
 
   def _set_inline_partial(name, object, options)
     value = if object.nil?
-      []
+      nil
     elsif _is_collection?(object)
       _scope{ _render_partial_with_options options.merge(collection: object) }
     else
diff --git a/test/jbuilder_template_test.rb b/test/jbuilder_template_test.rb
index 7ec99d6..3956631 100644
--- a/test/jbuilder_template_test.rb
+++ b/test/jbuilder_template_test.rb
@@ -217,14 +217,6 @@ def assert_collection_rendered(result, context = nil)
     assert_collection_rendered result, "posts"
   end
 
-  test "render as empty array if partials as a nil value" do
-    result = jbuild <<-JBUILDER
-      json.posts nil, partial: "blog_post", as: :blog_post
-    JBUILDER
-
-    assert_equal [], result["posts"]
-  end
-
   test "cache an empty block" do
     undef_context_methods :fragment_name_with_digest, :cache_fragment_name