diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
index 98c469f2f3..6eecc8252b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/reflection.rb
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def set_automatic_inverse_of
         # from calling +klass+, +reflection+ will already be set to false.
         def valid_inverse_reflection?(reflection)
           reflection &&
-            klass.name == reflection.active_record.try(:name) &&
+            klass.name == reflection.active_record.name &&
             klass.primary_key == reflection.active_record_primary_key &&
             can_find_inverse_of_automatically?(reflection)
         end