diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
index 6a3658f3284c5eef1ec48a6a7564318fb69fd048..5804cb7feda12a1b76ba2506ede26720451becc0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/association.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ def #{macro}_dependent_for_#{name}
         end
       CODE
 
-      model.before_destroy "#{macro}_dependent_for_#{name}"
+      method = "#{macro}_dependent_for_#{name}"
+      model.before_destroy lambda { |o| o.public_send method }
     end
 
     def valid_dependent_options