2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
index a8559d9d2d..9800013ee5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
       raise ArgumentError, "association names must be a Symbol" unless name.kind_of?(Symbol)
 
       builder = new(model, name, scope, options, &block)
+      builder.define_accessors model.generated_feature_methods
       builder.build
     end
 
@@ -49,12 +50,7 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
       end
     end
 
-    def mixin
-      @model.generated_feature_methods
-    end
-
     def build
-      define_accessors(mixin)
       configure_dependency if options[:dependent]
       reflection = ActiveRecord::Reflection.create(macro, name, scope, options, model)
       Association.extensions.each do |extension|
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
index 81293e464d..0c3b3847cc 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
       [:destroy, :delete]
     end
 
+    def define_accessors(mixin)
+      super
+      add_counter_cache_methods mixin
+    end
+
     private
 
     def add_counter_cache_methods(mixin)
@@ -72,7 +77,6 @@ module ActiveRecord::Associations::Builder
 
     def add_counter_cache_callbacks(reflection)
       cache_column = reflection.counter_cache_column
-      add_counter_cache_methods mixin
       association = self
 
       model.after_create lambda { |record|