diff --git a/starlette/staticfiles.py b/starlette/staticfiles.py
index 8822efd10..225e45745 100644
--- a/starlette/staticfiles.py
+++ b/starlette/staticfiles.py
@@ -134,8 +134,11 @@ async def get_response(self, path: str, scope: Scope) -> Response:
             # Check for '404.html' if we're in HTML mode.
             full_path, stat_result = await self.lookup_path("404.html")
             if stat_result is not None and stat.S_ISREG(stat_result.st_mode):
-                return self.file_response(
-                    full_path, stat_result, scope, status_code=404
+                return FileResponse(
+                    full_path,
+                    stat_result=stat_result,
+                    method=scope["method"],
+                    status_code=404,
                 )
 
         return PlainTextResponse("Not Found", status_code=404)
diff --git a/tests/test_staticfiles.py b/tests/test_staticfiles.py
index da1c250a8..6b325071f 100644
--- a/tests/test_staticfiles.py
+++ b/tests/test_staticfiles.py
@@ -243,3 +243,40 @@ def test_staticfiles_html(tmpdir):
     response = client.get("/missing")
     assert response.status_code == 404
     assert response.text == "<h1>Custom not found page</h1>"
+
+
+def test_staticfiles_cache_invalidation_for_deleted_file_html_mode(tmpdir):
+    path_404 = os.path.join(tmpdir, "404.html")
+    with open(path_404, "w") as file:
+        file.write("<p>404 file</p>")
+    path_some = os.path.join(tmpdir, "some.html")
+    with open(path_some, "w") as file:
+        file.write("<p>some file</p>")
+
+    common_modified_time = time.mktime(
+        time.strptime("2013-10-10 23:40:00", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+    )
+    os.utime(path_404, (common_modified_time, common_modified_time))
+    os.utime(path_some, (common_modified_time, common_modified_time))
+
+    app = StaticFiles(directory=tmpdir, html=True)
+    client = TestClient(app)
+
+    resp_exists = client.get("/some.html")
+    assert resp_exists.status_code == 200
+    assert resp_exists.text == "<p>some file</p>"
+
+    resp_cached = client.get(
+        "/some.html",
+        headers={"If-Modified-Since": resp_exists.headers["last-modified"]},
+    )
+    assert resp_cached.status_code == 304
+
+    os.remove(path_some)
+
+    resp_deleted = client.get(
+        "/some.html",
+        headers={"If-Modified-Since": resp_exists.headers["last-modified"]},
+    )
+    assert resp_deleted.status_code == 404
+    assert resp_deleted.text == "<p>404 file</p>"