diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
index 40e4a97e73d4d..433d508357914 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ def write_attribute(attr, value)
         # The attribute already has an unsaved change.
         if attribute_changed?(attr)
           old = @changed_attributes[attr]
-          @changed_attributes.delete(attr) unless field_changed?(attr, old, value)
+          @changed_attributes.delete(attr) unless _field_changed?(attr, old, value)
         else
           old = clone_attribute_value(:read_attribute, attr)
           # Save Time objects as TimeWithZone if time_zone_aware_attributes == true
           old = old.in_time_zone if clone_with_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(attr, old)
-          @changed_attributes[attr] = old if field_changed?(attr, old, value)
+          @changed_attributes[attr] = old if _field_changed?(attr, old, value)
         end
 
         # Carry on.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def update(*)
         end
       end
 
-      def field_changed?(attr, old, value)
+      def _field_changed?(attr, old, value)
         if column = column_for_attribute(attr)
           if column.number? && column.null && (old.nil? || old == 0) && value.blank?
             # For nullable numeric columns, NULL gets stored in database for blank (i.e. '') values.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index c4a4c0ad9a70a..3f90d25962d1e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def initialize_dup(other)
 
       @changed_attributes = {}
       self.class.column_defaults.each do |attr, orig_value|
-        @changed_attributes[attr] = orig_value if field_changed?(attr, orig_value, @attributes[attr])
+        @changed_attributes[attr] = orig_value if _field_changed?(attr, orig_value, @attributes[attr])
       end
 
       @aggregation_cache = {}
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
index b1ce846218879..54e0b40b4f75f 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/dirty_test.rb
@@ -497,6 +497,20 @@ def test_previous_changes
     assert !pirate.previous_changes.key?('created_on')
   end
 
+  if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
+    class Testings < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+    def test_field_named_field
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.create_table :testings do |t|
+        t.string :field
+      end
+      assert_nothing_raised do
+        Testings.new.attributes
+      end
+    ensure
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.drop_table :testings rescue nil
+    end
+  end
+
   private
     def with_partial_updates(klass, on = true)
       old = klass.partial_updates?