diff --git a/lib/simple_form/components/errors.rb b/lib/simple_form/components/errors.rb
index 6d382811..d2d8f689 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/components/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/components/errors.rb
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ module SimpleForm
       end
 
       def has_errors?
-         has_error_in_options? || (object && object.respond_to?(:errors) && errors.present?)
+        object && object.respond_to?(:errors) && errors.present?
       end
 
       protected
 
       def error_text
-        "#{html_escape(options[:error_prefix])} #{errors.send(error_method)}".lstrip.html_safe
+        text = has_error_in_options? ? options[:error] : errors.send(error_method)
+
+        "#{html_escape(options[:error_prefix])} #{text}".lstrip.html_safe
       end
 
       def full_error_text
-        "#{full_errors.send(error_method)}".html_safe
+        text = has_error_in_options? ? options[:error] : full_errors.send(error_method)
+        text.html_safe
       end
 
       def error_method
@@ -36,11 +39,11 @@ module SimpleForm
       end
 
       def errors_on_attribute
-        has_error_in_options? ? [options[:error]] : object.errors[attribute_name]
+        object.errors[attribute_name]
       end
 
       def full_errors_on_attribute
-        has_error_in_options? ? [options[:error]] : object.errors.full_messages_for(attribute_name)
+        object.errors.full_messages_for(attribute_name)
       end
 
       def errors_on_association
diff --git a/test/form_builder/error_test.rb b/test/form_builder/error_test.rb
index ce262870..b4d1333d 100644
--- a/test/form_builder/error_test.rb
+++ b/test/form_builder/error_test.rb
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ class ErrorTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_select 'span.error', "#{error_text}"
   end
 
+  test 'input with custom error does not generate the error if there is no error on the attribute' do
+    error_text = "Super User Active! can't be blank"
+    with_form_for @user, :active, error: error_text
+
+    assert_no_select 'span.error'
+  end
+
   test 'input with custom error works when using full_error component' do
     swap_wrapper :default, self.custom_wrapper_with_full_error do
       error_text = "Super User Name! can't be blank"
@@ -164,4 +171,13 @@ class ErrorTest < ActionView::TestCase
       assert_select 'span.error', "#{error_text}"
     end
   end
+
+  test 'input with custom error when using full_error component does not generate the error if there is no error on the attribute' do
+    swap_wrapper :default, self.custom_wrapper_with_full_error do
+      error_text = "Super User Active! can't be blank"
+      with_form_for @user, :active, error: error_text
+
+      assert_no_select 'span.error'
+    end
+  end
 end