diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
index fc7b2ec850122c13757bc8a531ba36e247cc800d..57db2faaff87f9dae20ab60e31d1be93db95ad0f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'erb'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'zlib'
+require 'set'
 require 'active_support/dependencies'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/digest/uuid'
 require 'active_record/fixture_set/file'
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ def self.create_fixtures(fixtures_directory, fixture_set_names, class_names = {}
           update_all_loaded_fixtures fixtures_map
 
           connection.transaction(:requires_new => true) do
-            deleted_tables = []
+            deleted_tables = Set.new 
             fixture_sets.each do |fs|
               conn = fs.model_class.respond_to?(:connection) ? fs.model_class.connection : connection
               table_rows = fs.table_rows