diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
index 1f742f885302d..1fb2d98834eae 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@
 
 name = ARGV.shift
 
-if defined?(ENGINE_ROOT)
-  Rails::Generators.invoke name, ARGV, :behavior => :invoke, :destination_root => ENGINE_ROOT
-else
-  Rails::Generators.invoke name, ARGV, :behavior => :invoke, :destination_root => Rails.root
-end
+root = defined?(ENGINE_ROOT) ? ENGINE_ROOT : Rails.root
+Rails::Generators.invoke name, ARGV, :behavior => :invoke, :destination_root => root