From 8722fbc7a5e8101fdf3be037177761730733629c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Verna <stefano.verna@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:31:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for deeply nested resources when using inherited
 resources

---
 lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb b/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
index cee940f..81bca5b 100644
--- a/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan/inherited_resource.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ module CanCan
   class InheritedResource < ControllerResource # :nodoc:
     def load_resource_instance
       if parent?
-        @controller.send :parent
+        @controller.send :association_chain
+        @controller.instance_variable_get("@#{instance_name}")
       elsif new_actions.include? @params[:action].to_sym
         @controller.send :build_resource
       else