diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Notifications/ChannelManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Notifications/ChannelManager.php
index d89b16ad6194..d8f31084aa37 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Notifications/ChannelManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Notifications/ChannelManager.php
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 use Nexmo\Client as NexmoClient;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client as HttpClient;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\Dispatcher as Bus;
 use Nexmo\Client\Credentials\Basic as NexmoCredentials;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection as ModelCollection;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Notifications\Factory as FactoryContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Notifications\Dispatcher as DispatcherContract;
 
@@ -32,9 +34,7 @@ class ChannelManager extends Manager implements DispatcherContract, FactoryContr
      */
     public function send($notifiables, $notification)
     {
-        if (! $notifiables instanceof Collection && ! is_array($notifiables)) {
-            $notifiables = [$notifiables];
-        }
+        $notifiables = $this->formatNotifiables($notifiables);
 
         if ($notification instanceof ShouldQueue) {
             return $this->queueNotification($notifiables, $notification);
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ public function send($notifiables, $notification)
      */
     public function sendNow($notifiables, $notification, array $channels = null)
     {
-        if (! $notifiables instanceof Collection && ! is_array($notifiables)) {
-            $notifiables = [$notifiables];
-        }
+        $notifiables = $this->formatNotifiables($notifiables);
 
         $original = clone $notification;
 
@@ -109,9 +107,7 @@ protected function shouldSendNotification($notifiable, $notification, $channel)
      */
     protected function queueNotification($notifiables, $notification)
     {
-        if (! $notifiables instanceof Collection && ! is_array($notifiables)) {
-            $notifiables = [$notifiables];
-        }
+        $notifiables = $this->formatNotifiables($notifiables);
 
         $bus = $this->app->make(Bus::class);
 
@@ -127,6 +123,22 @@ protected function queueNotification($notifiables, $notification)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Format the notifiables into a Collection / array if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $notifiables
+     * @return ModelCollection|array
+     */
+    protected function formatNotifiables($notifiables)
+    {
+        if (! $notifiables instanceof Collection && ! is_array($notifiables)) {
+            return $notifiables instanceof Model
+                            ? new ModelCollection([$notifiables]) : [$notifiables];
+        }
+
+        return $notifiables;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a channel instance.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Notifications/RoutesNotifications.php b/src/Illuminate/Notifications/RoutesNotifications.php
index f73cdffc1571..bedbe96ea211 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Notifications/RoutesNotifications.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Notifications/RoutesNotifications.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ trait RoutesNotifications
      */
     public function notify($instance)
     {
-        app(Dispatcher::class)->send([$this], $instance);
+        app(Dispatcher::class)->send($this, $instance);
     }
 
     /**