diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index 733d4e1c672187bc4b761aa01e3dbebbef8c347f..9e45e6e47461f452ead60f8bb557727b0973541d 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -307,9 +307,11 @@ def hash
       id.hash
     end
 
-    # Freeze the attributes hash such that associations are still accessible, even on destroyed records.
+    # Clone and freeze the attributes hash such that associations are still
+    # accessible, even on destroyed records, but cloned models will not be
+    # frozen.
     def freeze
-      @attributes.freeze
+      @attributes = @attributes.clone.freeze
       self
     end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/clone_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/clone_test.rb
index d91646efca58e734a5fc36b1b0af3e535a7c391b..5e43082c33954c2a62f4516f18f9195e21fda3f9 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/clone_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/clone_test.rb
@@ -29,5 +29,12 @@ def test_shallow
       topic.author_name = 'Aaron'
       assert_equal 'Aaron', cloned.author_name
     end
+
+    def test_freezing_a_cloned_model_does_not_freeze_clone
+      cloned = Topic.new
+      clone = cloned.clone
+      cloned.freeze
+      assert_not clone.frozen?
+    end
   end
 end