1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
index 8ca9379bb6..fd61febd57 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/before_type_cast.rb
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #   task.read_attribute_before_type_cast('completed_on') # => "2012-10-21"
       #   task.read_attribute_before_type_cast(:completed_on)  # => "2012-10-21"
       def read_attribute_before_type_cast(attr_name)
-        if attr = @attributes[attr_name.to_s]
-          attr.value_before_type_cast
-        end
+        @attributes[attr_name.to_s].value_before_type_cast
       end
 
       # Returns a hash of attributes before typecasting and deserialization.