diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index c74d8c6190..4636a8b338 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         end
 
         def construct_finder_sql(options, scope = scope(:find))
-          construct_finder_arel(options, scope).relation.to_sql
+          construct_finder_arel(options, scope).to_sql
         end
 
         def construct_join(joins, scope)