diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9be78ffb62..0b034b41660 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * [#6858](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/6858): Fix an incorrect auto-correct for `Lint/ToJSON` when there are no `to_json` arguments. ([@koic][])
 * [#6865](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/6865): Fix deactivated `StyleGuideBaseURL` for `Layout/ClassStructure`. ([@aeroastro][])
 * [#6868](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/6868): Fix `Rails/LinkToBlank` auto-correct bug when using symbol for target. ([@r7kamura][])
+* [#6869](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/6869): Fix false positive for `Rails/LinkToBlank` when rel is a symbol value. ([@r7kamura][])
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank.rb
index 2731916a567..5b0cfc1b0da 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class LinkToBlank < Cop
         PATTERN
 
         def_node_matcher :includes_noopener?, <<-PATTERN
-          (pair {(sym :rel) (str "rel")} (str #contains_noopener?))
+          (pair {(sym :rel) (str "rel")} ({str sym} #contains_noopener?))
         PATTERN
 
         def_node_matcher :rel_node?, <<-PATTERN
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ def add_rel(send_node, offence_node, corrector)
           corrector.insert_after(range, new_rel_exp)
         end
 
-        def contains_noopener?(str)
-          return false unless str
+        def contains_noopener?(value)
+          return false unless value
 
-          str.split(' ').include?('noopener')
+          value.to_s.split(' ').include?('noopener')
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank_spec.rb
index 1bb551a5a6a..bdcca1ff183 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/rails/link_to_blank_spec.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@
           RUBY
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when the rel is symbol noopener' do
+        it 'register no offence' do
+          expect_no_offenses(<<-RUBY.strip_indent)
+            link_to 'Click here', 'https://www.example.com', target: :_blank, rel: :noopener
+          RUBY
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end