diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php
index 435c4947f769..e09580db48df 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/GuardsAttributes.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ trait GuardsAttributes
     /**
      * The attributes that aren't mass assignable.
      *
-     * @var array<string>|bool
+     * @var array<string>
      */
     protected $guarded = ['*'];
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ trait GuardsAttributes
     /**
      * The actual columns that exist on the database and can be guarded.
      *
-     * @var array<string>
+     * @var array<class-string,list<string>>
      */
     protected static $guardableColumns = [];
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public function mergeFillable(array $fillable)
      */
     public function getGuarded()
     {
-        return $this->guarded === false
+        return self::$unguarded === true
             ? []
             : $this->guarded;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index a085d3ea31e4..c2c440211b5a 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\Castable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsInboundAttributes;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Database\Connection;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionResolverInterface;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\Processor;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection as BaseCollection;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Support\Fluent;
 use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;
 use Illuminate\Support\InteractsWithTime;
@@ -1704,6 +1702,27 @@ public function testGuarded()
         Model::preventSilentlyDiscardingAttributes(false);
     }
 
+    public function testGuardedWithFillableConfig(): void
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentModelStub;
+        $model::unguard();
+
+        EloquentModelStub::setConnectionResolver($resolver = m::mock(Resolver::class));
+        $resolver->shouldReceive('connection')->andReturn($connection = m::mock(stdClass::class));
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getSchemaBuilder->getColumnListing')->andReturn(['name', 'age', 'foo']);
+
+        $model->guard([]);
+        $model->fillable(['name']);
+        $model->fill(['name' => 'Leto Atreides', 'age' => 51]);
+
+        self::assertSame(
+            ['name' => 'Leto Atreides', 'age' => 51],
+            $model->getAttributes(),
+        );
+
+        $model::reguard();
+    }
+
     public function testUsesOverriddenHandlerWhenDiscardingAttributes()
     {
         EloquentModelStub::setConnectionResolver($resolver = m::mock(Resolver::class));