1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
index bc66194aef..04cdcb6a7f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/join_dependency.rb
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def table_alias_for(reflection, parent, join)
           name = "#{reflection.plural_name}_#{parent.table_name}"
-          name << "_join" if join
-          name
+          join ? "#{name}_join" : name
         end
 
         def walk(left, right)