1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/generators/active_record.rb b/activerecord/lib/generators/active_record.rb
index 25b982f296..1ca838b4f2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/generators/active_record.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/generators/active_record.rb
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      protected
-        # Implement the required interface for Rails::Generators::Migration.
-        #
-        def next_migration_number(dirname) #:nodoc:
-          if ActiveRecord::Base.timestamped_migrations
-            Time.now.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
-          else
-            "%.3d" % (current_migration_number(dirname) + 1)
-          end
+      # Implement the required interface for Rails::Generators::Migration.
+      #
+      def self.next_migration_number(dirname) #:nodoc:
+        if ActiveRecord::Base.timestamped_migrations
+          Time.now.utc.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+        else
+          "%.3d" % (current_migration_number(dirname) + 1)
         end
+      end
     end
   end
 end