diff --git a/lib/ecto/association.ex b/lib/ecto/association.ex
index 4da3269b90..65a223c6d3 100644
--- a/lib/ecto/association.ex
+++ b/lib/ecto/association.ex
@@ -998,9 +998,7 @@ defmodule Ecto.Association.Has do
     if value = Map.get(parent, owner_key) do
       query = from x in queryable, where: field(x, ^related_key) == ^value
 
-      parent
-      |> Ecto.get_meta(:prefix)
-      |> case do
+      case Ecto.get_meta(parent, :prefix) do
         nil -> query
         prefix -> Ecto.Query.put_query_prefix(query, prefix)
       end