diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 99c71a1dd9..149c9576ca 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :posts, :readers, :people, :comments, :authors, :categories, :taggings, :tags,
            :owners, :pets, :toys, :jobs, :references, :companies, :members, :author_addresses,
            :subscribers, :books, :subscriptions, :developers, :categorizations, :essays,
-           :categories_posts
+           :categories_posts, :clubs, :memberships
 
   # Dummies to force column loads so query counts are clean.
   def setup
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     Reader.create :person_id => 0, :post_id => 0
   end
 
+  def test_preload_sti_middle_relation
+    club = Club.create!(name: 'Aaron cool banana club')
+    member1 = Member.create!(name: 'Aaron')
+    member2 = Member.create!(name: 'Cat')
+
+    SuperMembership.create! club: club, member: member1
+    CurrentMembership.create! club: club, member: member2
+
+    club1 = Club.includes(:members).find_by_id club.id
+    left, right = club1.members.map(&:id)
+    assert_operator left, :>, right
+  end
+
   def make_model(name)
     Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) { define_singleton_method(:name) { name } }
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/membership.rb b/activerecord/test/models/membership.rb
index bcbb7e42c5..df7167ee93 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/membership.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/membership.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ class CurrentMembership < Membership
   belongs_to :club
 end
 
+class SuperMembership < Membership
+  belongs_to :member, -> { order('members.id DESC') }
+  belongs_to :club
+end
+
 class SelectedMembership < Membership
   def self.default_scope
     select("'1' as foo")