If the table behind has no primary key, do not ask again and just return nil.

activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/primary_key.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def dangerous_attribute_method?(method_name)
         # Defines the primary key field -- can be overridden in subclasses. Overwriting will negate any effect of the
         # primary_key_prefix_type setting, though.
         def primary_key
-          @primary_key ||= reset_primary_key
+          @primary_key = reset_primary_key unless defined? @primary_key
+          @primary_key
         end
 
         # Returns a quoted version of the primary key name, used to construct SQL statements.

activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ def test_attribute_present_with_booleans
     assert Boolean.find(b4.id).attribute_present?(:value)
   end
 
+  def test_caching_nil_primary_key
+    Minimalistic.expects(:reset_primary_key).returns(nil).once
+    Minimalistic.create!
+  end
+
   def test_attribute_keys_on_new_instance
     t = Topic.new
     assert_equal nil, t.title, "The topics table has a title column, so it should be nil"