diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
index 29d61c3ceb002959c79f2cde731597632b3766a3..9c7a47f45b8c01f3a340328d6eea1b196a24a7fa 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 require "active_support/rails"
 require "abstract_controller"
 require "action_dispatch"
-require "action_controller/metal/live"
 require "action_controller/metal/strong_parameters"
 
 module ActionController
@@ -21,6 +20,10 @@ module ActionController
   end
 
   autoload_under "metal" do
+    eager_autoload do
+      autoload :Live
+    end
+
     autoload :ConditionalGet
     autoload :ContentSecurityPolicy
     autoload :Cookies