diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Auth/EloquentUserProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Auth/EloquentUserProvider.php
index 23b5b792cf1..1ab9b3cad02 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Auth/EloquentUserProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Auth/EloquentUserProvider.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function retrieveById($identifier)
     {
         $model = $this->createModel();
 
-        return $model->newQuery()
+        return $this->modelQuery($model)
             ->where($model->getAuthIdentifierName(), $identifier)
             ->first();
     }
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ public function retrieveByToken($identifier, $token)
     {
         $model = $this->createModel();
 
-        $model = $model->where($model->getAuthIdentifierName(), $identifier)->first();
+        $retrievedModel = $this->modelQuery($model)->where($model->getAuthIdentifierName(), $identifier)->first();
 
-        if (! $model) {
+        if (! $retrievedModel) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        $rememberToken = $model->getRememberToken();
+        $rememberToken = $retrievedModel->getRememberToken();
 
-        return $rememberToken && hash_equals($rememberToken, $token) ? $model : null;
+        return $rememberToken && hash_equals($rememberToken, $token) ? $retrievedModel : null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function retrieveByCredentials(array $credentials)
         // First we will add each credential element to the query as a where clause.
         // Then we can execute the query and, if we found a user, return it in a
         // Eloquent User "model" that will be utilized by the Guard instances.
-        $query = $this->createModel()->newQuery();
+        $query = $this->modelQuery();
 
         foreach ($credentials as $key => $value) {
             if (Str::contains($key, 'password')) {
@@ -154,6 +154,21 @@ public function createModel()
         return new $class;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a new query builder for the model instance.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null  $model
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
+     */
+    protected function modelQuery($model = null)
+    {
+        if (is_null($model)) {
+            $model = $this->createModel();
+        }
+
+        return $model->newQuery();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the hasher implementation.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Auth/AuthEloquentUserProviderTest.php b/tests/Auth/AuthEloquentUserProviderTest.php
index 4a01b8e1284..a8c7c24efa8 100755
--- a/tests/Auth/AuthEloquentUserProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Auth/AuthEloquentUserProviderTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public function testRetrieveByTokenReturnsUser()
 
         $provider = $this->getProviderMock();
         $mock = m::mock(stdClass::class);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('newQuery')->once()->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('getAuthIdentifierName')->once()->andReturn('id');
         $mock->shouldReceive('where')->once()->with('id', 1)->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('first')->once()->andReturn($mockUser);
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public function testRetrieveTokenWithBadIdentifierReturnsNull()
     {
         $provider = $this->getProviderMock();
         $mock = m::mock(stdClass::class);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('newQuery')->once()->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('getAuthIdentifierName')->once()->andReturn('id');
         $mock->shouldReceive('where')->once()->with('id', 1)->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('first')->once()->andReturn(null);
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ public function testRetrieveByBadTokenReturnsNull()
 
         $provider = $this->getProviderMock();
         $mock = m::mock(stdClass::class);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('newQuery')->once()->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('getAuthIdentifierName')->once()->andReturn('id');
         $mock->shouldReceive('where')->once()->with('id', 1)->andReturn($mock);
         $mock->shouldReceive('first')->once()->andReturn($mockUser);