2 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
index 9cd07fa8a5..adfd8e83a1 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
@@ -202,9 +202,12 @@ class PersistencesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_create_columns_not_equal_attributes
-    topic = Topic.new
-    topic.title = 'Another New Topic'
-    topic.send :write_attribute, 'does_not_exist', 'test'
+    topic = Topic.allocate.init_with(
+      'attributes' => {
+        'title'          => 'Another New Topic',
+        'does_not_exist' => 'test'
+      }
+    )
     assert_nothing_raised { topic.save }
   end
 
@@ -249,9 +252,11 @@ class PersistencesTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     topic.title = "Still another topic"
     topic.save
 
-    topicReloaded = Topic.find(topic.id)
-    topicReloaded.title = "A New Topic"
-    topicReloaded.send :write_attribute, 'does_not_exist', 'test'
+    topicReloaded = Topic.allocate
+    topicReloaded.init_with(
+      'attributes' => topic.attributes.merge('does_not_exist' => 'test')
+    )
+    topicReloaded.title = 'A New Topic'
     assert_nothing_raised { topicReloaded.save }
   end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/serialization_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/serialization_test.rb
index 382d659289..61b04b3e37 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/serialization_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/serialization_test.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ class SerializationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
 
   def setup
     @contact_attributes = {
-      :name        => 'aaron stack',
-      :age         => 25,
-      :avatar      => 'binarydata',
-      :created_at  => Time.utc(2006, 8, 1),
-      :awesome     => false,
-      :preferences => { :gem => '<strong>ruby</strong>' }
+      :name           => 'aaron stack',
+      :age            => 25,
+      :avatar         => 'binarydata',
+      :created_at     => Time.utc(2006, 8, 1),
+      :awesome        => false,
+      :preferences    => { :gem => '<strong>ruby</strong>' },
+      :alternative_id => nil
     }
   end