diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 0cd12f1790..1f3b74bc96 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ MSG
 
       def populate_with_current_scope_attributes
         self.class.scope_attributes.each do |att,value|
-          respond_to?("#{att}=") && send("#{att}=", value)
+          send("#{att}=", value) if respond_to?("#{att}=")
         end
       end