2 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
index 67ea489b22..2dba33898c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # actually gets built.
       def association_scope
         if klass
-          @association_scope ||= AssociationScope.new(self).scope
+          @association_scope ||= AssociationScope.new.scope(self, klass.connection)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_scope.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_scope.rb
index 1f094d42b3..cd2911e0a4 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_scope.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association_scope.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 module ActiveRecord
   module Associations
     class AssociationScope #:nodoc:
-      attr_reader :association
-
-      def initialize(association)
-        @association   = association
-      end
-
-      def scope
+      def scope(association, connection)
         klass         = association.klass
         reflection    = association.reflection
         scope         = klass.unscoped
         owner         = association.owner
-        alias_tracker = AliasTracker.new klass.connection
+        alias_tracker = AliasTracker.new connection
 
         scope.extending! Array(reflection.options[:extend])
         add_constraints(scope, owner, klass, reflection, alias_tracker)