diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index 4416217897805..6ed5dd0bfadd8 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ def slice(*methods)
       Hash[methods.map! { |method| [method, public_send(method)] }].with_indifferent_access
     end
 
+    private
+
     def set_transaction_state(state) # :nodoc:
       @transaction_state = state
     end
@@ -490,8 +492,6 @@ def has_transactional_callbacks? # :nodoc:
       !_rollback_callbacks.empty? || !_commit_callbacks.empty? || !_create_callbacks.empty?
     end
 
-    private
-
     # Updates the attributes on this particular ActiveRecord object so that
     # if it is associated with a transaction, then the state of the AR object
     # will be updated to reflect the current state of the transaction