2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
index e77761692d..19c337dc39 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/association.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module Associations
     class Preloader
       class Association #:nodoc:
-        attr_reader :owners, :reflection, :preload_scope, :model, :klass
         attr_reader :preloaded_records
 
         def initialize(klass, owners, reflection, preload_scope)
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
           end
         end
 
+        protected
+          attr_reader :owners, :reflection, :preload_scope, :model, :klass
+
         private
           # The name of the key on the associated records
           def association_key_name
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/through_association.rb
index b1813ba66b..762275fbad 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/preloader/through_association.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module Associations
     class Preloader
       module ThroughAssociation #:nodoc:
-        def through_reflection
-          reflection.through_reflection
-        end
-
-        def source_reflection
-          reflection.source_reflection
-        end
-
         def run(preloader)
           already_loaded     = owners.first.association(through_reflection.name).loaded?
           through_scope      = through_scope()
@@ -48,6 +40,13 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
 
         private
+          def through_reflection
+            reflection.through_reflection
+          end
+
+          def source_reflection
+            reflection.source_reflection
+          end
 
           def preload_index
             @preload_index ||= @preloaded_records.each_with_object({}).with_index do |(id, result), index|