diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
index a376e2a17f..f0aa4521b5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/uniqueness.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
         relation = build_relation(finder_class, table, attribute, value)
         if record.persisted? && finder_class.primary_key.to_s != attribute.to_s
           if finder_class.primary_key
-            relation = relation.where.not(finder_class.primary_key => record.id)
+            relation = relation.where.not(finder_class.primary_key => record.id_was)
           else
             raise UnknownPrimaryKey.new(finder_class, "Can not validate uniqueness for persisted record without primary key.")
           end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
index 7502a55391..e601c53dbf 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/validations/uniqueness_validation_test.rb
@@ -469,4 +469,15 @@ def self.name; "Dashboard" end
     assert_match(/\AUnknown primary key for table dashboards in model/, e.message)
     assert_match(/Can not validate uniqueness for persisted record without primary key.\z/, e.message)
   end
+
+  def test_validate_uniqueness_ignores_itself_when_primary_key_changed
+    Topic.validates_uniqueness_of(:title)
+
+    t = Topic.new("title" => "This is a unique title")
+    assert t.save, "Should save t as unique"
+
+    t.id += 1
+    assert t.valid?, "Should be valid"
+    assert t.save, "Should still save t as unique"
+  end
 end