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 e983f86f9e..c0ec65bd40 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
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         def construct_find_options!(options)
           options[:joins]      = Arel::SqlLiteral.new @join_sql
           options[:readonly]   = finding_with_ambiguous_select?(options[:select] || @reflection.options[:select])
-          options[:select]   ||= (@reflection.options[:select] || '*')
+          options[:select]   ||= (@reflection.options[:select] || Arel::SqlLiteral.new('*'))
         end
 
         def count_records