diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
index 952aca5bb0293..68241cdbc0ec8 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
@@ -106,13 +106,14 @@ def redirect_to(options = {}, response_options = {})
 
       allow_other_host = response_options.delete(:allow_other_host) { _allow_other_host }
 
-      self.status = _extract_redirect_to_status(options, response_options)
+      proposed_status = _extract_redirect_to_status(options, response_options)
 
       redirect_to_location = _compute_redirect_to_location(request, options)
       _ensure_url_is_http_header_safe(redirect_to_location)
 
       self.location      = _enforce_open_redirect_protection(redirect_to_location, allow_other_host: allow_other_host)
       self.response_body = ""
+      self.status        = proposed_status
     end
 
     # Soft deprecated alias for #redirect_back_or_to where the `fallback_location`
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
index 9f4a49cd16058..8c3959e223ad8 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ def redirect_with_null_bytes
     redirect_to "\000/lol\r\nwat"
   end
 
+  def redirect_to_external_with_rescue
+    begin
+      redirect_to "http://www.rubyonrails.org/", allow_other_host: false
+    rescue ActionController::Redirecting::UnsafeRedirectError
+      render plain: "caught error"
+    end
+  end
+
   def rescue_errors(e) raise e end
 
   private
@@ -617,6 +625,11 @@ def test_redirect_to_instrumentation
     assert_equal "http://test.host/redirect/hello_world", payload[:location]
   end
 
+  def test_redirect_to_external_with_rescue
+    get :redirect_to_external_with_rescue
+    assert_response :ok
+  end
+
   private
     def with_raise_on_open_redirects
       old_raise_on_open_redirects = ActionController::Base.raise_on_open_redirects