diff --git a/src/core/drive/form_submission.ts b/src/core/drive/form_submission.ts
index 7c31ad53c..460c9ba0e 100644
--- a/src/core/drive/form_submission.ts
+++ b/src/core/drive/form_submission.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ export class FormSubmission {
 
   get action(): string {
     const formElementAction = typeof this.formElement.action === "string" ? this.formElement.action : null
-    return (
-      this.submitter?.getAttribute("formaction") || this.formElement.getAttribute("action") || formElementAction || ""
-    )
+
+    if (this.submitter?.hasAttribute("formaction")) {
+      return this.submitter.getAttribute("formaction") || ""
+    } else {
+      return this.formElement.getAttribute("action") || formElementAction || ""
+    }
   }
 
   get body() {
diff --git a/src/tests/fixtures/form.html b/src/tests/fixtures/form.html
index 30eb182dd..35f958dea 100644
--- a/src/tests/fixtures/form.html
+++ b/src/tests/fixtures/form.html
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ <h1>Form</h1>
         <button type="submit" name="button">Submit</button>
       </form>
     </div>
+    <div id="blank-formaction">
+      <form action="/src/tests/fixtures/one.html">
+        <button formaction="">Submit</button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
     <hr>
     <div id="action-input">
       <form class="no-action">
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/form_submission_tests.ts b/src/tests/functional/form_submission_tests.ts
index 244cf4551..f8b6b2a78 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/form_submission_tests.ts
+++ b/src/tests/functional/form_submission_tests.ts
@@ -330,6 +330,14 @@ export class FormSubmissionTests extends TurboDriveTestCase {
     this.assert.deepEqual(await this.getAllSearchParams("button"), [])
   }
 
+  async "test submitter with blank formaction submits to the current page"() {
+    await this.clickSelector("#blank-formaction button")
+    await this.nextBody
+
+    this.assert.ok(await this.hasSelector("#blank-formaction"), "overrides form[action] navigation")
+    this.assert.equal(await this.pathname, "/src/tests/fixtures/form.html")
+  }
+
   async "test input named action with no action attribute"() {
     await this.clickSelector("#action-input form.no-action [type=submit]")
     await this.nextBody