1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
index 1fc9aba5cf..da742fa668 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_and_belongs_to_many_association.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
         def insert_record(record, force = true, validate = true)
-          if record.new_record?
+          unless record.persisted?
             if force
               record.save!
             else