1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
index 453615ba87..79c3d2b0f5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_association.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
+      def empty?
+        if has_cached_counter?
+          size.zero?
+        else
+          super
+        end
+      end
+
       private
 
         # Returns the number of records in this collection.
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def inverse_updates_counter_named?(counter_name, reflection = reflection())
           reflection.klass._reflections.values.any? { |inverse_reflection|
-            :belongs_to == inverse_reflection.macro &&
+            inverse_reflection.belongs_to? &&
             inverse_reflection.counter_cache_column == counter_name
           }
         end