diff --git a/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php b/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
index 782dda17..05916ba1 100644
--- a/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
+++ b/src/Traits/DetectsChanges.php
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public function attributeValuesToBeLogged(string $processingEvent): array
             return [];
         }
 
-        $properties['attributes'] = static::logChanges($this->exists ? $this->fresh() : $this);
+        $tmp = $this;
+        $properties['attributes'] = static::logChanges($this->exists ? $tmp->fresh() ?? $this : $this);
 
         if (static::eventsToBeRecorded()->contains('updated') && $processingEvent == 'updated') {
             $nullProperties = array_fill_keys(array_keys($properties['attributes']), null);
diff --git a/tests/DetectsChangesTest.php b/tests/DetectsChangesTest.php
index 11cf4fbf..1989bfa4 100644
--- a/tests/DetectsChangesTest.php
+++ b/tests/DetectsChangesTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models\User;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Test\Models\Article;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Traits\LogsActivity;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 class DetectsChangesTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -266,6 +267,46 @@ public function it_will_store_the_values_when_deleting_the_model()
         $this->assertEquals($expectedChanges, $this->getLastActivity()->changes());
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_will_store_the_values_when_deleting_the_model_with_softdeletes()
+    {
+        $articleClass = new class() extends Article {
+            public static $logAttributes = ['name', 'text'];
+
+            use LogsActivity, SoftDeletes;
+        };
+
+        $article = new $articleClass();
+        $article->name = 'my name';
+        $article->save();
+
+        $article->delete();
+
+        $expectedChanges = collect([
+            'attributes' => [
+                'name' => 'my name',
+                'text' => null,
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('deleted', $this->getLastActivity()->description);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedChanges, $this->getLastActivity()->changes());
+
+        $article->forceDelete();
+
+        $expectedChanges = collect([
+            'attributes' => [
+                'name' => 'my name',
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $activities = $article->activity;
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $activities);
+        $this->assertEquals('deleted', $this->getLastActivity()->description);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedChanges, $this->getLastActivity()->changes());
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_store_the_changes_of_array_casted_properties()
     {
diff --git a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
index 891a7dd8..bc7c8b0f 100644
--- a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
+++ b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ public function it_will_log_the_deletion_of_a_model_with_softdeletes()
         $this->assertEquals(get_class($this->article), $this->getLastActivity()->subject_type);
         $this->assertEquals($article->id, $this->getLastActivity()->subject_id);
         $this->assertEquals('deleted', $this->getLastActivity()->description);
+
+        $article->forceDelete();
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, Activity::all());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('deleted', $this->getLastActivity()->description);
+        $this->assertNull($article->fresh());
     }
 
     /** @test */