diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 29f574405e6ac75ebe093a9b2f6f675ef32f05b1..533a49253319c4ebcaf09b315794b7b402739c07 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -770,9 +770,7 @@ def test_primary_key_option_on_source
   def test_create_should_not_raise_exception_when_join_record_has_errors
     repair_validations(Categorization) do
       Categorization.validate { |r| r.errors[:base] << 'Invalid Categorization' }
-      assert_nothing_raised do
-        Category.create(:name => 'Fishing', :authors => [Author.first])
-      end
+      Category.create(:name => 'Fishing', :authors => [Author.first])
     end
   end
 end