diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 7b5544a9cb..6085df7d9f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -331,3 +331,6 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
     self.connection_handler = ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionHandler.new
   end
 end
+
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification'
+ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:active_record, ActiveRecord::Model::DeprecationProxy)
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb
index 2801938729..44051f1a71 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/model.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       end
     end
   end
-end
 
-require 'active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification'
-ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:active_record, ActiveRecord::Model::DeprecationProxy)
+  # Load Base at this point, because the active_record load hook is run in that file.
+  Base
+end