diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 0e0c6f933e5b..9098616dc4d7 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -1155,7 +1155,9 @@ public static function unsetConnectionResolver()
     public function getTable()
     {
         if (! isset($this->table)) {
-            return str_replace('\\', '', Str::snake(Str::plural(class_basename($this))));
+	        $this->setTable(str_replace(
+		        '\\', '', Str::snake(Str::plural(class_basename($this)))
+	        ));
         }
 
         return $this->table;