2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index 268cec6160..267377cec6 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     #   person.attributes
     #   # => {"id"=>3, "created_at"=>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:53:04, "updated_at"=>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:53:04, "name"=>"Francesco", "age"=>22}
     def attributes
-      attribute_names.each_with_object({}) { |name, attrs|
-        attrs[name] = read_attribute(name)
-      }
+      @attributes.to_hash
     end
 
     # Returns an <tt>#inspect</tt>-like string for the value of the
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_set.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_set.rb
index 098e43cd57..8f6b73eac2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_set.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_set.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
       attributes.update(other.attributes)
     end
 
+    def to_hash
+      attributes.each_with_object({}) { |(k, v), h| h[k] = v.value }
+    end
+    alias_method :to_h, :to_hash
+
     def freeze
       @attributes.freeze
       super