diff --git a/lib/i18n/locale/fallbacks.rb b/lib/i18n/locale/fallbacks.rb
index 83f2a5e9..0a791c65 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/locale/fallbacks.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/locale/fallbacks.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def defaults=(defaults)
 
       def [](locale)
         raise InvalidLocale.new(locale) if locale.nil?
+        raise Disabled.new('fallback#[]') if locale == false
         locale = locale.to_sym
         super || store(locale, compute(locale))
       end
diff --git a/test/locale/fallbacks_test.rb b/test/locale/fallbacks_test.rb
index 78ee140a..a2b1c5b2 100644
--- a/test/locale/fallbacks_test.rb
+++ b/test/locale/fallbacks_test.rb
@@ -130,4 +130,12 @@ def setup
     @fallbacks.map(:no => :nb, :nb => :no)
     assert_equal [:nb, :no, :"en-US", :en], @fallbacks[:nb]
   end
+
+  # Test I18n::Disabled  is raised correctly when locale is false during fallback
+
+  test "with locale equals false" do
+    assert_raise I18n::Disabled do
+      @fallbacks[false]
+    end
+  end
 end