diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/sanitization.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/sanitization.rb
index dacaec26b7..5a71c13d91 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/sanitization.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/sanitization.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
       alias_method :sanitize_sql, :sanitize_sql_for_conditions
+      alias_method :sanitize_conditions, :sanitize_sql
 
       # Accepts an array, hash, or string of SQL conditions and sanitizes
       # them into a valid SQL fragment for a SET clause.
@@ -122,8 +123,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
         end
       end
 
-      alias_method :sanitize_conditions, :sanitize_sql
-
       def replace_bind_variables(statement, values) #:nodoc:
         raise_if_bind_arity_mismatch(statement, statement.count('?'), values.size)
         bound = values.dup