diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/singular_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/singular_association.rb
index 76e48e66e581189eb257ef456e74359f0c6a825f..7bd894d6ab61a0df4fb6e79f93fb563ca0620bed 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/singular_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/singular_association.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def define_accessors
     end
 
     # Defines the (build|create)_association methods for belongs_to or has_one association
-    
+
     def define_constructors
       mixin.class_eval <<-CODE, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
         def build_#{name}(*args, &block)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
index 4bd6669f3ccebf204657132b7be1e5f2c374b5f3..de2204da293392e059b54da6b7a9f2c74873af1b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ def self.create(macro, name, scope, options, ar)
       end
 
       reflection = klass.new(macro, name, scope, options, ar)
+      add_reflection ar, name, reflection
+      reflection
+    end
 
-      if klass == AggregateReflection
+    def self.add_reflection(ar, name, reflection)
+      if reflection.class == AggregateReflection
         ar.aggregate_reflections = ar.aggregate_reflections.merge(name => reflection)
       else
         ar.reflections = ar.reflections.merge(name => reflection)
       end
-
-      reflection
     end
 
     # \Reflection enables to interrogate Active Record classes and objects