diff --git a/app/models/ci/job_artifact.rb b/app/models/ci/job_artifact.rb
index 32d7cb3424e..4853b23513c 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/job_artifact.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/job_artifact.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def hashed_path?
-      super || self.file_location.nil?
+      super || self.try(:file_location).nil?
     end
 
     def expire_in
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-fix-job-artifact-hashed-path.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-fix-job-artifact-hashed-path.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a70bfafb1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/rails5-fix-job-artifact-hashed-path.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: 'Rails 5: fix hashed_path? method that looks up file_location that doesn''t
+  exist when running certain migration specs'
+merge_request: 21510
+author: Jasper Maes
+type: other