diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index f6d06f165e6b..fc23846f742b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -736,8 +736,6 @@ public function delete()
 
         $this->performDeleteOnModel();
 
-        $this->exists = false;
-
         // Once the model has been deleted, we will fire off the deleted event so that
         // the developers may hook into post-delete operations. We will then return
         // a boolean true as the delete is presumably successful on the database.
@@ -766,6 +764,8 @@ public function forceDelete()
     protected function performDeleteOnModel()
     {
         $this->setKeysForSaveQuery($this->newQueryWithoutScopes())->delete();
+
+        $this->exists = false;
     }
 
     /**