diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
index aac00cc54aa202eb028891d432638fbf304191b5..9abf979cd0ac536e5d34c4ae3dbcc6fd2a9cb44b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,14 @@ def last(*args)
       end
 
       def ==(other)
-        other.respond_to?(:to_ary) ? to_a == other.to_a : false
+        case other
+        when Scope
+          to_sql == other.to_sql
+        when Relation
+          other == self
+        when Array
+          to_a == other.to_a
+        end
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
index 40c724b87e8363509b346264ed457a73cee83212..2396ca10b091180b7bc2b776abe2b461e6ac141a 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
@@ -374,14 +374,14 @@ def test_named_scopes_with_reserved_names
     class << Topic
       def public_method; end
       public :public_method
-      
+
       def protected_method; end
       protected :protected_method
-      
+
       def private_method; end
       private :private_method
     end
-    
+
     [:public_method, :protected_method, :private_method].each do |reserved_method|
       assert Topic.respond_to?(reserved_method, true)
       ActiveRecord::Base.logger.expects(:warn)
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ def test_index_on_named_scope
     assert_equal topics(:second), approved[0]
     assert approved.loaded?
   end
+
+  def test_nested_named_scopes_queries_size
+    assert_queries(1) do
+      Topic.approved.by_lifo.replied.written_before(Time.now).all
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class DynamicScopeMatchTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase