diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index 06deb23b..b070664c 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ module ActiveModel
         name = klass.name.demodulize.underscore.sub(/_serializer$/, '')
 
         klass.class_eval do
-          alias_method name.to_sym, :object
           root name.to_sym unless self._root == false
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/serializer_test.rb b/test/serializer_test.rb
index 6be28ff8..9fe10e64 100644
--- a/test/serializer_test.rb
+++ b/test/serializer_test.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ class SerializerTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     }, hash)
   end
 
+  def test_attribute_method_with_name_as_serializer_prefix
+    object = SomeObject.new("something")
+    object_serializer = SomeSerializer.new(object, {})
+
+    hash = object_serializer.as_json
+
+    assert_equal({
+      :some => { :some => "something" }
+    }, hash)
+  end
+
   def test_serializer_receives_scope
     user = User.new
     user_serializer = UserSerializer.new(user, :scope => {:scope => true})
diff --git a/test/test_fakes.rb b/test/test_fakes.rb
index c69203bc..73d57088 100644
--- a/test/test_fakes.rb
+++ b/test/test_fakes.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class MyUserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   def serializable_hash
     hash = attributes
-    hash = hash.merge(:super_user => true) if my_user.super_user?
+    hash = hash.merge(:super_user => true) if object.super_user?
     hash
   end
 end
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ class CustomBlogSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   has_one :public_user, :key => :user, :serializer => UserSerializer
 end
 
+class SomeSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :some
+end
+
+class SomeObject < Struct.new(:some)
+end
+
 # Set up some classes for polymorphic testing
 class Attachment < Model
   def attachable