diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index c7f4a0ff91..efec88c651 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* A missing primary key column shouldn't raise an error when generating its error message.  [Don Park <don.park@gmail.com>]
+
 * Changed :dbfile to :database for SQLite adapter for consistency (old key still works as an alias) #2644 [Dan Peterson]
 
 * Added migration support for Oracle #2647 [Michael Schoen]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index d408173c01..0d9b1d4f7b 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       def id
         attr_name = self.class.primary_key
         column    = column_for_attribute(attr_name)
-        raise ActiveRecordError, "No such primary key column #{attr_name} for table #{table_name}" if column.nil?
+        raise ActiveRecordError, "No such primary key column #{attr_name} for table #{self.class.table_name}" if column.nil?
         define_read_method(:id, attr_name, column) if self.class.generate_read_methods
         (value = @attributes[attr_name]) && column.type_cast(value)
       end