diff --git a/lib/compass/app_integration/rails/actionpack31/helpers.rb b/lib/compass/app_integration/rails/actionpack31/helpers.rb
index 4c7998ca..f03ec796 100644
--- a/lib/compass/app_integration/rails/actionpack31/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/app_integration/rails/actionpack31/helpers.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Compass::RailsImageFuctionPatch
   private
   
   def image_path(image_file)
-    if file = Rails.application.assets.find_asset(image_file)
+    if file = ::Rails.application.assets.find_asset(image_file)
       return file
     end
     super(image_file)