diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index 99a007de312..1d11870bb46 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ module ActiveModel
 
       class HasOne < Config
         def serialize(object, scope)
-          serializer.new(object, scope).serializable_hash
+          object && serializer.new(object, scope).serializable_hash
         end
 
         def serialize_ids(object, scope)
-          object.read_attribute_for_serialization(:id)
+          object && object.read_attribute_for_serialization(:id)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/serializer_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/serializer_test.rb
index 168a77838f6..165c1d24908 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/serializer_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/serializer_test.rb
@@ -259,4 +259,22 @@ class SerializerTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
       ]
     }, serializer.as_json)
   end
+
+  def test_associations_with_nil_association
+    user = User.new
+    blog = Blog.new
+
+    json = BlogSerializer.new(blog, user).as_json
+    assert_equal({
+      :author => nil
+    }, json)
+
+    serializer = Class.new(BlogSerializer) do
+      def serializable_hash
+        attributes.merge(association_ids)
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal({ :author => nil }, serializer.new(blog, user).as_json)
+  end
 end