diff --git a/railties/lib/console_sandbox.rb b/railties/lib/console_sandbox.rb
index 5d57679c43..65a3d68619 100644
--- a/railties/lib/console_sandbox.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/console_sandbox.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-ActiveRecord::Base.send :increment_open_transactions
+ActiveRecord::Base.connection.increment_open_transactions
 ActiveRecord::Base.connection.begin_db_transaction
 at_exit do
   ActiveRecord::Base.connection.rollback_db_transaction
-  ActiveRecord::Base.send :decrement_open_transactions
+  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.decrement_open_transactions
 end