1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/coders/yaml_column.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/coders/yaml_column.rb
index 9b0df119ef..fcecc11aba 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/coders/yaml_column.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/coders/yaml_column.rb
@@ -14,16 +14,21 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @object_class = object_class
       end
 
+      def dump(obj)
+        YAML.dump obj
+      end
+
       def load(yaml)
         return yaml unless yaml.is_a?(String) && yaml =~ /^---/
         begin
-          obj = YAML::load(yaml)
+          obj = YAML.load(yaml)
 
           unless obj.is_a?(object_class) || obj.nil?
             raise SerializationTypeMismatch,
               "Attribute was supposed to be a #{object_class}, but was a #{obj.class}"
           end
 
+          obj
         rescue *RESCUE_ERRORS
           yaml
         end