diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index fea9f5d7f3922..c8805d107b141 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -455,23 +455,20 @@ def null_scope?
       end
 
       private
-      def get_records
-        return scope.to_a if skip_statement_cache?
-
-        conn = klass.connection
-        sc = reflection.association_scope_cache(conn, owner) do
-          StatementCache.create(conn) { |params|
-            as = AssociationScope.create { params.bind }
-            target_scope.merge as.scope(self, conn)
-          }
-        end
-
-        binds = AssociationScope.get_bind_values(owner, reflection.chain)
-        sc.execute binds, klass, klass.connection
-      end
 
         def find_target
-          records = get_records
+          return scope.to_a if skip_statement_cache?
+
+          conn = klass.connection
+          sc = reflection.association_scope_cache(conn, owner) do
+            StatementCache.create(conn) { |params|
+              as = AssociationScope.create { params.bind }
+              target_scope.merge as.scope(self, conn)
+            }
+          end
+
+          binds = AssociationScope.get_bind_values(owner, reflection.chain)
+          records = sc.execute(binds, klass, conn)
           records.each { |record| set_inverse_instance(record) }
           records
         end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index 36fc381343f2c..ddd0b59cc1aeb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def delete_through_records(records)
 
         def find_target
           return [] unless target_reflection_has_associated_record?
-          get_records
+          super
         end
 
         # NOTE - not sure that we can actually cope with inverses here
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/singular_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/singular_association.rb
index f913f0852a44f..1fe9a232634a2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/singular_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/singular_association.rb
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ def create_scope
           scope.scope_for_create.stringify_keys.except(klass.primary_key)
         end
 
-        def get_records
-          return scope.limit(1).records if skip_statement_cache?
+        def find_target
+          return scope.take if skip_statement_cache?
 
           conn = klass.connection
           sc = reflection.association_scope_cache(conn, owner) do
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ def get_records
           end
 
           binds = AssociationScope.get_bind_values(owner, reflection.chain)
-          sc.execute binds, klass, klass.connection
-        end
-
-        def find_target
-          if record = get_records.first
+          if record = sc.execute(binds, klass, conn).first
             set_inverse_instance record
           end
         end