diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
index ebdaf86146..01eb5df593 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation.rb
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ module ActiveSupport
         @new_const = new_const
       end
 
+      def class
+        target.class
+      end
+
       private
         def target
           @new_const.to_s.constantize