diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index f76681e880225..4330d850fec57 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def build_select(arel, selects)
         @implicit_readonly = false
         arel.project(*selects)
       else
-        arel.project(Arel.sql(@klass.quoted_table_name + '.*'))
+        arel.project(@klass.arel_table[Arel.star])
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
index 0ad20bb9bc701..b62b5003e4f60 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def test_use_table_engine_for_quoting_where
     fakepool = Class.new(Struct.new(:spec)) {
       def with_connection; yield self; end
       def connection_pool; self; end
+      def table_exists?(name); false; end
       def quote_table_name(*args); raise "lol quote_table_name"; end
     }