diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb
index d54479edbb..d37471e9ad 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation.rb
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     def empty?
       return @records.empty? if loaded?
 
-      c = count
+      c = count(:all)
       c.respond_to?(:zero?) ? c.zero? : c.empty?
     end