diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
index c4f525336b3fec5906bf286f29d7e476ae8d3348..7a2a1a0e33e97a749800e0e2f042216ce8511417 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def exec_update(sql, name, binds)
         exec_query(sql, name, binds)
       end
 
-      # Returns the last auto-generated ID from the affected table.
+      # Executes an INSERT query and returns the new record's ID
       #
       # +id_value+ will be returned unless the value is nil, in
       # which case the database will attempt to calculate the last inserted
@@ -115,9 +115,12 @@ def exec_update(sql, name, binds)
       # If the next id was calculated in advance (as in Oracle), it should be
       # passed in as +id_value+.
       def insert(arel, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil, binds = [])
-        insert_sql(to_sql(arel, binds), name, pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds)
+        sql, binds, pk, sequence_name = sql_for_insert(to_sql(arel, binds), pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds)
+        value = exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk, sequence_name)
+        id_value || last_inserted_id(value)
       end
       alias create insert
+      alias insert_sql insert
 
       # Executes the update statement and returns the number of rows affected.
       def update(arel, name = nil, binds = [])
@@ -353,13 +356,6 @@ def join_to_update(update, select, key) # :nodoc:
       end
       alias join_to_delete join_to_update
 
-      # Executes an INSERT query and returns the new record's ID
-      def insert_sql(sql, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil, binds = [])
-        sql, binds = sql_for_insert(sql, pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds)
-        value = exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk, sequence_name)
-        id_value || last_inserted_id(value)
-      end
-
       protected
 
         # Returns a subquery for the given key using the join information.
@@ -379,7 +375,7 @@ def select_prepared(sql, name = nil, binds = [])
         end
 
         def sql_for_insert(sql, pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds)
-          [sql, binds]
+          [sql, binds, pk, sequence_name]
         end
 
         def last_inserted_id(result)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
index 11a151edd562625850aaa65135c019b66134978f..6c15facf3b863ced4eb1938a7ea312fd36023353 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/database_statements.rb
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ def select_rows(sql, name = nil, binds = [])
           end
         end
 
-        # Executes an INSERT query and returns the new record's ID
-        def insert_sql(sql, name = nil, pk = nil, id_value = nil, sequence_name = nil, binds = []) # :nodoc:
-          unless pk
-            # Extract the table from the insert sql. Yuck.
-            table_ref = extract_table_ref_from_insert_sql(sql)
-            pk = primary_key(table_ref) if table_ref
-          end
-          super
-        end
-
         # The internal PostgreSQL identifier of the money data type.
         MONEY_COLUMN_TYPE_OID = 790 #:nodoc:
         # The internal PostgreSQL identifier of the BYTEA data type.
@@ -162,12 +152,18 @@ def exec_delete(sql, name = 'SQL', binds = [])
         end
         alias :exec_update :exec_delete
 
-        def sql_for_insert(sql, pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds)
+        def sql_for_insert(sql, pk, id_value, sequence_name, binds) # :nodoc:
+          unless pk
+            # Extract the table from the insert sql. Yuck.
+            table_ref = extract_table_ref_from_insert_sql(sql)
+            pk = primary_key(table_ref) if table_ref
+          end
+
           if pk && use_insert_returning?
             sql = "#{sql} RETURNING #{quote_column_name(pk)}"
           end
 
-          [sql, binds]
+          super
         end
 
         def exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk = nil, sequence_name = nil)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/postgresql_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/postgresql_adapter_test.rb
index cbf0f270204c3c88812888146c8f5394e9ce4693..f1995b243a35c700b8695edc0736483936e1a2ec 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/postgresql_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/postgresql_adapter_test.rb
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ def test_exec_insert_default_values_quoted_schema_with_returning_disabled_and_no
 
       def test_sql_for_insert_with_returning_disabled
         connection = connection_without_insert_returning
-        result = connection.sql_for_insert('sql', nil, nil, nil, 'binds')
-        assert_equal ['sql', 'binds'], result
+        sql, binds = connection.sql_for_insert('sql', nil, nil, nil, 'binds')
+        assert_equal ['sql', 'binds'], [sql, binds]
       end
 
       def test_serial_sequence