diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/PreventsCircularRecursion.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/PreventsCircularRecursion.php
index 8c06c5351579..67d1007a05ec 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/PreventsCircularRecursion.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/PreventsCircularRecursion.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ protected static function getRecursiveCallStack($object): array
      * @param  mixed  $default
      * @return mixed
      */
-    protected function once($callback, $default = null)
+    protected function withoutRecursion($callback, $default = null)
     {
         $trace = debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_PROVIDE_OBJECT, 2);
 
@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ protected function once($callback, $default = null)
         $object = $onceable->object ?? $this;
         $stack = static::getRecursiveCallStack($object);
 
-        if (isset($stack[$onceable->hash])) {
+        if (array_key_exists($onceable->hash, $stack)) {
             return $stack[$onceable->hash];
         }
 
         try {
-            // Set the default first to prevent recursion
-            $stack[$onceable->hash] = $default;
+            $stack[$onceable->hash] = is_callable($default) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
             static::getRecursionCache()->offsetSet($object, $stack);
 
             return call_user_func($onceable->callable);
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 5ad8f7a3ce2f..69a8a3b07fe8 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ protected function decrementQuietly($column, $amount = 1, array $extra = [])
      */
     public function push()
     {
-        return $this->once(function () {
+        return $this->withoutRecursion(function () {
             if (! $this->save()) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -1647,9 +1647,9 @@ public function callNamedScope($scope, array $parameters = [])
      */
     public function toArray()
     {
-        return $this->once(
+        return $this->withoutRecursion(
             fn () => array_merge($this->attributesToArray(), $this->relationsToArray()),
-            $this->attributesToArray(),
+            fn () => $this->attributesToArray(),
         );
     }
 
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ public function getQueueableId()
      */
     public function getQueueableRelations()
     {
-        return $this->once(function () {
+        return $this->withoutRecursion(function () {
             $relations = [];
 
             foreach ($this->getRelations() as $key => $relation) {
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseConcernsPreventsCircularRecursionTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseConcernsPreventsCircularRecursionTest.php
index 3c3cc8fa46df..057c4375422b 100644
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseConcernsPreventsCircularRecursionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseConcernsPreventsCircularRecursionTest.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function callStack(): int
     {
-        return $this->once(
+        return $this->withoutRecursion(
             function () {
                 static::$globalStack++;
                 $this->instanceStack++;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function () {
 
     public function callOtherStack(): int
     {
-        return $this->once(
+        return $this->withoutRecursion(
             function () {
                 $this->other->callStack();