1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
index 8245234854..17b8cc6446 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_proxy.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@ module ActiveRecord
         reset
       end
       
-      def reload
-        reset
+      def respond_to?(symbol, include_priv = false)
+        proxy_respond_to?(symbol, include_priv) || (load_target && @target.respond_to?(symbol, include_priv))
+      end
+
+      # Explicitly proxy === because the instance method removal above
+      # doesn't catch it.
+      def ===(other)
         load_target
+        other === @target
       end
 
-      def respond_to?(symbol, include_priv = false)
-        proxy_respond_to?(symbol, include_priv) || (load_target && @target.respond_to?(symbol, include_priv))
+      def reload
+        reset
+        load_target
       end
 
       def loaded?
@@ -98,4 +105,4 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end