1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
index 46804a3b93..a94daccd34 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
         def load_target
           if !@owner.new_record? || foreign_key_present
             begin
-              @target = find_target if !loaded?
+              @target = find_target unless loaded?
             rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
               reset
             end
           end
 
-          loaded if target
+          loaded
           target
         end