2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/insert_all.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/insert_all.rb
index ca5ce11d79..6d14ff70b6 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/insert_all.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/insert_all.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
     attr_reader :model, :connection, :inserts, :on_duplicate, :returning, :unique_by
 
     def initialize(model, inserts, on_duplicate:, returning: nil, unique_by: nil)
+      raise ArgumentError, "Empty list of attributes passed" if inserts.blank?
+
       @model, @connection, @inserts, @on_duplicate, @returning, @unique_by = model, model.connection, inserts, on_duplicate, returning, unique_by
       @returning = (connection.supports_insert_returning? ? primary_keys : false) if @returning.nil?
       @returning = false if @returning == []
@@ -14,15 +16,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
     end
 
     def execute
-      if inserts.present?
-        connection.exec_query to_sql, "Bulk Insert"
-      else
-        ActiveRecord::Result.new([], [])
-      end
+      connection.exec_query to_sql, "Bulk Insert"
     end
 
     def keys
-      inserts.present? ? inserts.first.keys.map(&:to_s) : []
+      inserts.first.keys.map(&:to_s)
     end
 
     def updatable_columns
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/insert_all_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/insert_all_test.rb
index e0d79d2fab..1c0a4e5f26 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/insert_all_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/insert_all_test.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class PersistenceTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_insert_all_should_handle_empty_arrays
-    assert_no_difference "Book.count" do
+    assert_raise ArgumentError do
       Book.insert_all! []
     end
   end