diff --git a/src/Models/Activity.php b/src/Models/Activity.php
index 01966bb2..a3017fe3 100644
--- a/src/Models/Activity.php
+++ b/src/Models/Activity.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingScope;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Contracts\Activity as ActivityContract;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
     public function subject(): MorphTo
     {
         if (config('activitylog.subject_returns_soft_deleted_models')) {
-            return $this->morphTo()->withTrashed();
+            return $this->morphTo()->withoutGlobalScope(SoftDeletingScope::class);
         }
 
         return $this->morphTo();
diff --git a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
index b5a08dfe..6de2f745 100644
--- a/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
+++ b/tests/LogsActivityTest.php
@@ -242,6 +242,34 @@ public function getActivitylogOptions(): LogOptions
     $this->assertEquals('changed name', $this->getLastActivity()->subject->name);
 });
 
+it('can fetch subject when model does not use soft deletes and config is enabled', function () {
+    app()['config']->set('activitylog.subject_returns_soft_deleted_models', true);
+
+    // Create a model class without SoftDeletes
+    $articleClass = new class() extends Article {
+        use LogsActivity;
+
+        // Note: No SoftDeletes trait
+
+        public function getActivitylogOptions(): LogOptions
+        {
+            return LogOptions::defaults();
+        }
+    };
+
+    $article = new $articleClass();
+    $article->name = 'test article';
+    $article->save();
+
+    $activity = Activity::first();
+
+    // This should not throw an exception even though the model doesn't use SoftDeletes
+    $subject = $activity->subject;
+
+    $this->assertNotNull($subject);
+    $this->assertEquals('test article', $subject->name);
+});
+
 it('can log activity to log named in the model', function () {
     $articleClass = new class() extends Article {
         use LogsActivity;
diff --git a/tests/Models/Activity.php b/tests/Models/Activity.php
index c9a55eef..250d215e 100644
--- a/tests/Models/Activity.php
+++ b/tests/Models/Activity.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingScope;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Spatie\Activitylog\Contracts\Activity as ActivityContract;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
     public function subject(): MorphTo
     {
         if (config('activitylog.subject_returns_soft_deleted_models')) {
-            return $this->morphTo()->withTrashed();
+            return $this->morphTo()->withoutGlobalScope(SoftDeletingScope::class);
         }
 
         return $this->morphTo();