1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_one_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_one_through_association.rb
index 6e98f7dffb..e8cf73976b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_one_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_one_through_association.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         if current_object
            new_value ? current_object.update_attributes(construct_join_attributes(new_value)) : current_object.destroy
         elsif new_value
-          unless @owner.persisted?
+          if @owner.new_record?
             self.target = new_value
             through_association = @owner.send(:association_instance_get, @reflection.through_reflection.name)
             through_association.build(construct_join_attributes(new_value))
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
     private
       def find_target
-        with_scope(@scope) { @reflection.klass.find(:first) }
+        scoped.first
       end
     end
   end