diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb
index 439490f6ea..527a7b47e1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/params_wrapper.rb
@@ -281,7 +281,10 @@ def _wrapper_enabled?
         return false unless request.has_content_type?
 
         ref = request.content_mime_type.ref
+
         _wrapper_formats.include?(ref) && _wrapper_key && !request.parameters.key?(_wrapper_key)
+      rescue ActionDispatch::Http::Parameters::ParseError
+       false
       end
 
       def _perform_parameter_wrapping
@@ -295,8 +298,6 @@ def _perform_parameter_wrapping
 
         # This will display the wrapped hash in the log file.
         request.filtered_parameters.merge! wrapped_filtered_hash
-      rescue ActionDispatch::Http::Parameters::ParseError
-        # swallow parse error exception
       end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
index 538bc15fc9..fe691af2ae 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class ResourceUnavailable < StandardError
   class ResourceUnavailableToRescueAsString < StandardError
   end
 
+  wrap_parameters format: :json
+
   # We use a fully qualified name in some strings, and a relative constant
   # name in some other to test correct handling of both cases.