1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/xml_serialization.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/xml_serialization.rb
index df50ecc017..88ff46a004 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/xml_serialization.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/xml_serialization.rb
@@ -178,10 +178,12 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     end
 
     def serializable_method_attributes
-      Array(options[:methods]).collect { |name| MethodAttribute.new(name.to_s, @record) }
+      Array(options[:methods]).inject([]) do |method_attributes, name|
+        method_attributes << MethodAttribute.new(name.to_s, @record) if @record.respond_to?(name.to_s)
+        method_attributes
+      end
     end
 
-
     def add_attributes
       (serializable_attributes + serializable_method_attributes).each do |attribute|
         add_tag(attribute)