diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index 1f314e0677c0dcac2833d27bb638304fd6bfb062..80ae38b3fbfd6b081ec873a0302b00f7f48ae66c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def delete(*records)
         dependent = _options[:dependent] || options[:dependent]
 
         if records.first == :all
-          if loaded? || dependent == :destroy
+          if (loaded? || dependent == :destroy) && dependent != :delete_all
             delete_or_destroy(load_target, dependent)
           else
             delete_records(:all, dependent)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
index 49d330104470e03fab4d44ab980618c7de4857fd..3dfb0a27ba4de29567080850bbc4e70939be0715 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 require 'models/categorization'
 require 'models/minivan'
 require 'models/speedometer'
+require 'models/reference'
+require 'models/job'
 
 class HasManyAssociationsTestForReorderWithJoinDependency < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :authors, :posts, :comments
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class HasManyAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :accounts, :categories, :companies, :developers, :projects,
            :developers_projects, :topics, :authors, :comments,
            :people, :posts, :readers, :taggings, :cars, :essays,
-           :categorizations
+           :categorizations, :jobs
 
   def setup
     Client.destroyed_client_ids.clear
@@ -107,6 +109,19 @@ def test_do_not_call_callbacks_for_delete_all
     assert_equal 0, Bulb.count, "bulbs should have been deleted using :delete_all strategy"
   end
 
+  def test_delete_all_on_association_is_the_same_as_not_loaded
+    author = authors :david
+    author.thinking_posts.create!(:body => "test")
+    author.reload
+    expected_sql = capture_sql { author.thinking_posts.delete_all }
+
+    author.thinking_posts.create!(:body => "test")
+    author.reload
+    author.thinking_posts.inspect
+    loaded_sql = capture_sql { author.thinking_posts.delete_all }
+    assert_equal(expected_sql, loaded_sql)
+  end
+
   def test_building_the_associated_object_with_implicit_sti_base_class
     firm = DependentFirm.new
     company = firm.companies.build
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/test_case.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/test_case.rb
index 4476ce34103e066fa893a86404610cd0082385b2..cbf6ea36bf4575d1fd165a53b1c8974c98761d31 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/test_case.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/test_case.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ def assert_date_from_db(expected, actual, message = nil)
       end
     end
 
+    def capture_sql
+      SQLCounter.clear_log
+      yield
+      SQLCounter.log_all.dup
+    end
+
     def assert_sql(*patterns_to_match)
       SQLCounter.clear_log
       yield