2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 4f39761672..62bdf0483a 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1741,7 +1741,9 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
           scoped_order = scope[:order] if scope
           if order
             sql << " ORDER BY #{order}"
-            sql << ", #{scoped_order}" if scoped_order
+            if scoped_order && scoped_order != order
+              sql << ", #{scoped_order}"
+            end
           else
             sql << " ORDER BY #{scoped_order}" if scoped_order
           end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/method_scoping_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/method_scoping_test.rb
index 68a7017f86..3c34cdeade 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/method_scoping_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/method_scoping_test.rb
@@ -378,8 +378,10 @@ class NestedScopingTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def test_merged_scoped_find
     poor_jamis = developers(:poor_jamis)
     Developer.with_scope(:find => { :conditions => "salary < 100000" }) do
-      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :offset => 1 }) do
-        assert_equal(poor_jamis, Developer.find(:first, :order => 'id asc'))
+      Developer.with_scope(:find => { :offset => 1, :order => 'id asc' }) do
+        assert_sql /ORDER BY id asc / do
+          assert_equal(poor_jamis, Developer.find(:first, :order => 'id asc'))
+        end
       end
     end
   end