diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index f6f90b544391..acede7c91308 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -1061,22 +1061,27 @@ protected function insertAndSetId(Builder $query, $attributes)
      */
     public static function destroy($ids)
     {
-        // We'll initialize a count here so we will return the total number of deletes
-        // for the operation. The developers can then check this number as a boolean
-        // type value or get this total count of records deleted for logging, etc.
-        $count = 0;
-
         if ($ids instanceof BaseCollection) {
             $ids = $ids->all();
         }
 
         $ids = is_array($ids) ? $ids : func_get_args();
 
+        // Avoid a no-op database query by bailing early
+        if (count($ids) === 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         // We will actually pull the models from the database table and call delete on
         // each of them individually so that their events get fired properly with a
         // correct set of attributes in case the developers wants to check these.
         $key = ($instance = new static)->getKeyName();
 
+        // We'll initialize a count here so we will return the total number of deletes
+        // for the operation. The developers can then check this number as a boolean
+        // type value or get this total count of records deleted for logging, etc.
+        $count = 0;
+
         foreach ($instance->whereIn($key, $ids)->get() as $model) {
             if ($model->delete()) {
                 $count++;
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index 2d3f3e10ebdf..114c4ae6f5c2 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -293,6 +293,17 @@ public function testDestroyMethodCallsQueryBuilderCorrectlyWithCollection()
         EloquentModelDestroyStub::destroy(new Collection([1, 2, 3]));
     }
 
+    public function testDestroyMethodCallsQueryBuilderCorrectlyWithMultipleArgs()
+    {
+        EloquentModelDestroyStub::destroy(1, 2, 3);
+    }
+
+    public function testDestroyMethodCallsQueryBuilderCorrectlyWithEmptyIds()
+    {
+        $count = EloquentModelEmptyDestroyStub::destroy([]);
+        $this->assertSame(0, $count);
+    }
+
     public function testWithMethodCallsQueryBuilderCorrectly()
     {
         $result = EloquentModelWithStub::with('foo', 'bar');
@@ -2400,6 +2411,17 @@ public function newQuery()
     }
 }
 
+class EloquentModelEmptyDestroyStub extends Model
+{
+    public function newQuery()
+    {
+        $mock = m::mock(Builder::class);
+        $mock->shouldReceive('whereIn')->never();
+
+        return $mock;
+    }
+}
+
 class EloquentModelHydrateRawStub extends Model
 {
     public static function hydrate(array $items, $connection = null)