diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/curly-components-test.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/curly-components-test.js
index 93acdb28afc..a0c0a69bc3c 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/curly-components-test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/curly-components-test.js
@@ -2725,4 +2725,57 @@ moduleFor('Components test: curly components', class extends RenderingTest {
       this.render('{{foo-bar}}');
     }, /didInitAttrs called/);
   }
+
+  ['@test returning `true` from an action does not bubble if `target` is not specified (GH#14275)'](assert) {
+    this.registerComponent('display-toggle', {
+      ComponentClass: Component.extend({
+        actions: {
+          show() {
+            assert.ok(true, 'display-toggle show action was called');
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+
+      template: `<button {{action 'show'}}>Show</button>`
+    });
+
+    this.render(`{{display-toggle}}`, {
+      send() {
+        assert.notOk(true, 'send should not be called when action is not "subscribed" to');
+      }
+    });
+
+    this.assertText('Show');
+
+    this.runTask(() => this.$('button').click());
+  }
+
+  ['@test returning `true` from an action bubbles to the `target` if specified'](assert) {
+    assert.expect(4);
+
+    this.registerComponent('display-toggle', {
+      ComponentClass: Component.extend({
+        actions: {
+          show() {
+            assert.ok(true, 'display-toggle show action was called');
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+
+      template: `<button {{action 'show'}}>Show</button>`
+    });
+
+    this.render(`{{display-toggle target=this}}`, {
+      send(actionName) {
+        assert.ok(true, 'send should be called when action is "subscribed" to');
+        assert.equal(actionName, 'show');
+      }
+    });
+
+    this.assertText('Show');
+
+    this.runTask(() => this.$('button').click());
+  }
 });
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/target-action-test.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/target-action-test.js
index 0aead208302..caf198a915a 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/target-action-test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/components/target-action-test.js
@@ -205,11 +205,30 @@ moduleFor('Components test: sendAction', class extends RenderingTest {
   }
 
   ['@test calling sendAction on a component within a block sends to the outer scope GH#14216'](assert) {
-    this.registerTemplate('components/action-delegate', strip`
-      {{#component-a}}
-        {{component-b bar="derp"}}
-      {{/component-a}}
-    `);
+    let testContext = this;
+    // overrides default action-delegate so actions can be added
+    this.registerComponent('action-delegate', {
+      ComponentClass: Component.extend({
+        init() {
+          this._super();
+          testContext.delegate = this;
+          this.name = 'action-delegate';
+        },
+
+        actions: {
+          derp(arg1) {
+            assert.ok(true, 'action called on action-delgate');
+            assert.equal(arg1, 'something special', 'argument passed through properly');
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+
+      template: strip`
+        {{#component-a}}
+          {{component-b bar="derp"}}
+        {{/component-a}}
+      `
+    });
 
     this.registerComponent('component-a', {
       ComponentClass: Component.extend({
@@ -238,10 +257,7 @@ moduleFor('Components test: sendAction', class extends RenderingTest {
 
     this.renderDelegate();
 
-    this.runTask(() => innerChild.sendAction('bar'));
-
-    this.assertSendCount(1);
-    this.assertNamedSendCount('derp', 1);
+    this.runTask(() => innerChild.sendAction('bar', 'something special'));
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/mixins/action_support.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/mixins/action_support.js
index 174e49a73c7..df0fb77cf5a 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/mixins/action_support.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/mixins/action_support.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default Mixin.create({
       if (!shouldBubble) { return; }
     }
 
-    target = get(this, 'target') || get(this, '_targetObject');
+    target = get(this, 'target');
 
     if (target) {
       assert(