diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
index dae468ba54c9c1da1d2e2088f8d86fa94c0aadf9..81c535d962f292206024d77a87f62162dd2e09d1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ def self.add_touch_callbacks(model, reflection)
     end
 
     def self.add_destroy_callbacks(model, reflection)
-      name = reflection.name
-      model.after_destroy lambda { |o| o.association(name).handle_dependency }
+      model.after_destroy lambda { |o| o.association(reflection.name).handle_dependency }
     end
 
     def self.define_validations(model, reflection)