diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb
index 17d57a7519f4f5a0ad76294e01908f036433bc42..ff7f922d7f678c290cdf2bfb23251f1a88f77b87 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def current_transaction
       private
 
         def closed_transaction
-          @closed_transaction ||= ClosedTransaction.new(@connection)
+          @closed_transaction ||= ClosedTransaction.new
         end
     end
 
@@ -98,21 +98,12 @@ def set_state(state)
     end
 
     class ClosedTransaction < Transaction #:nodoc:
-      def closed?
-        true
-      end
-
-      def open?
-        false
-      end
-
-      def joinable?
-        false
-      end
-
+      def initialize; super(nil); end
+      def closed?; true; end
+      def open?; false; end
+      def joinable?; false; end
       # This is a noop when there are no open transactions
-      def add_record(record)
-      end
+      def add_record(record); end
     end
 
     class OpenTransaction < Transaction #:nodoc:
@@ -126,7 +117,6 @@ def initialize(connection, options = {})
         @joinable  = options.fetch(:joinable, true)
       end
 
-
       def joinable?
         @joinable
       end