1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
index a2260e9a19..a07c321960 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+
 module ActiveRecord
   # = Active Record Reflection
   module Reflection # :nodoc:
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
+    included do
+      class_attribute :reflections
+      self.reflections = {}
+    end
+
     # Reflection enables to interrogate Active Record classes and objects
     # about their associations and aggregations. This information can,
     # for example, be used in a form builder that takes an Active Record object
@@ -20,18 +27,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
           when :composed_of
             reflection = AggregateReflection.new(macro, name, options, active_record)
         end
-        write_inheritable_hash :reflections, name => reflection
-        reflection
-      end
 
-      # Returns a hash containing all AssociationReflection objects for the current class.
-      # Example:
-      #
-      #   Invoice.reflections
-      #   Account.reflections
-      #
-      def reflections
-        read_inheritable_attribute(:reflections) || write_inheritable_attribute(:reflections, {})
+        self.reflections = self.reflections.merge(name => reflection)
+        reflection
       end
 
       # Returns an array of AggregateReflection objects for all the aggregations in the class.