diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency/join_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency/join_association.rb
index 4839068f6d5bc1d249247494c130534eb8fb49a3..f1b923e98b90777a175a0ef7d34d2e3613e88d4e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency/join_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/class_methods/join_dependency/join_association.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class JoinAssociation < JoinPart # :nodoc:
           attr_reader :aliased_prefix, :aliased_table_name
 
           delegate :options, :through_reflection, :source_reflection, :to => :reflection
-          delegate :table, :table_name, :to => :parent, :prefix => true
+          delegate :table, :table_name, :to => :parent, :prefix => :parent
 
           def initialize(reflection, join_dependency, parent = nil)
             reflection.check_validity!