diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
index 684fb1de8800e6c2932a0cdf67c8d329ae07b2e7..ed366527ceb1051e6da6700b413456407754a3a9 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def validates_acceptance_of(*attr_names)
 
         db_cols = begin
           column_names
-        rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
+        rescue Exception # To ignore both statement and connection errors
           []
         end
         names = attr_names.reject { |name| db_cols.include?(name.to_s) }