diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/Concerns/InteractsWithPivotTable.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/Concerns/InteractsWithPivotTable.php
index f589dd681c5a..70cf998aae3d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/Concerns/InteractsWithPivotTable.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/Concerns/InteractsWithPivotTable.php
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ public function updateExistingPivot($id, array $attributes, $touch = true)
      */
     protected function updateExistingPivotUsingCustomClass($id, array $attributes, $touch)
     {
-        $updated = $this->getCurrentlyAttachedPivots()
+        $pivot = $this->getCurrentlyAttachedPivots()
                     ->where($this->foreignPivotKey, $this->parent->{$this->parentKey})
                     ->where($this->relatedPivotKey, $this->parseId($id))
-                    ->first()
-                    ->fill($attributes)
-                    ->isDirty();
+                    ->first();
+
+        $updated = $pivot ? $pivot->fill($attributes)->isDirty() : false;
 
         $this->newPivot([
             $this->foreignPivotKey => $this->parent->{$this->parentKey},
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentBelongsToManyTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentBelongsToManyTest.php
index 3e87dea09fed..f74f33fc0d69 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentBelongsToManyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/EloquentBelongsToManyTest.php
@@ -179,6 +179,33 @@ public function test_custom_pivot_class_using_sync()
         $this->assertNotEmpty($results['detached']);
     }
 
+    public function test_custom_pivot_class_using_update_existing_pivot()
+    {
+        Carbon::setTestNow('2017-10-10 10:10:10');
+
+        $post = Post::create(['title' => Str::random()]);
+        $tag = TagWithCustomPivot::create(['name' => Str::random()]);
+
+        DB::table('posts_tags')->insert([
+            ['post_id' => $post->id, 'tag_id' => $tag->id, 'flag' => 'empty'],
+        ]);
+
+        // Test on actually existing pivot
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            1,
+            $post->tagsWithCustomExtraPivot()->updateExistingPivot($tag->id, ['flag' => 'exclude'])
+        );
+        foreach ($post->tagsWithCustomExtraPivot as $tag) {
+            $this->assertEquals('exclude', $tag->pivot->flag);
+        }
+
+        // Test on non-existent pivot
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            0,
+            $post->tagsWithCustomExtraPivot()->updateExistingPivot(0, ['flag' => 'exclude'])
+        );
+    }
+
     public function test_attach_method()
     {
         $post = Post::create(['title' => Str::random()]);
@@ -776,6 +803,14 @@ public function tagsWithCustomPivot()
             ->withTimestamps();
     }
 
+    public function tagsWithCustomExtraPivot()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsToMany(TagWithCustomPivot::class, 'posts_tags', 'post_id', 'tag_id')
+            ->using(PostTagPivot::class)
+            ->withTimestamps()
+            ->withPivot('flag');
+    }
+
     public function tagsWithCustomPivotClass()
     {
         return $this->belongsToMany(TagWithCustomPivot::class, PostTagPivot::class, 'post_id', 'tag_id');