1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb
index 41b62f6037..a0e98c37ae 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb
@@ -470,11 +470,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # has_destroy_flag? or if a <tt>:reject_if</tt> proc exists for this
     # association and evaluates to +true+.
     def reject_new_record?(association_name, attributes)
-      has_destroy_flag?(attributes) || call_reject_if(association_name, attributes)
+      will_be_destroyed?(association_name, attributes) || call_reject_if(association_name, attributes)
     end
 
     def call_reject_if(association_name, attributes)
-      return false if has_destroy_flag?(attributes)
+      return false if will_be_destroyed?(association_name, attributes)
+
       case callback = self.nested_attributes_options[association_name][:reject_if]
       when Symbol
         method(callback).arity == 0 ? send(callback) : send(callback, attributes)
@@ -483,6 +484,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
 
+    # Only take into account the destroy flag if <tt>:allow_destroy</tt> is true
+    def will_be_destroyed?(association_name, attributes)
+      allow_destroy?(association_name) && has_destroy_flag?(attributes)
+    end
+
+    def allow_destroy?(association_name)
+      self.nested_attributes_options[association_name][:allow_destroy]
+    end
+
     def raise_nested_attributes_record_not_found(association_name, record_id)
       raise RecordNotFound, "Couldn't find #{self.class.reflect_on_association(association_name).klass.name} with ID=#{record_id} for #{self.class.name} with ID=#{id}"
     end