1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index 84a9797aa5..0d384950fe 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -57,21 +57,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
           @through_records[record.object_id] ||= begin
             ensure_mutable
 
-            through_record = through_association.build(*options_for_through_record)
-            through_record.send("#{source_reflection.name}=", record)
+            attributes = through_scope_attributes
+            attributes[source_reflection.name] = record
+            attributes[source_reflection.foreign_type] = options[:source_type] if options[:source_type]
 
-            if options[:source_type]
-              through_record.send("#{source_reflection.foreign_type}=", options[:source_type])
-            end
-
-            through_record
+            through_association.build(attributes)
           end
         end
 
-        def options_for_through_record
-          [through_scope_attributes]
-        end
-
         def through_scope_attributes
           scope.where_values_hash(through_association.reflection.name.to_s).
             except!(through_association.reflection.foreign_key,