always populate the preloaded records instance variable so we can remove

the @associated_records_by_owner ivar

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many_through.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many_through.rb
index 341e73f127..7b37b5942d 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many_through.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/has_many_through.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
         include ThroughAssociation
 
         def associated_records_by_owner(preloader)
-          return @associated_records_by_owner if @associated_records_by_owner
-
           records_by_owner = super
 
           if reflection_scope.distinct_value
             records_by_owner.each_value { |records| records.uniq! }
           end
 
-          @associated_records_by_owner = records_by_owner
+          records_by_owner
         end
       end
     end