diff --git a/callbacks/callbacks.go b/callbacks/callbacks.go
index d681aef3..63c90249 100644
--- a/callbacks/callbacks.go
+++ b/callbacks/callbacks.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func RegisterDefaultCallbacks(db *gorm.DB, config *Config) {
 	updateCallback.Register("gorm:before_update", BeforeUpdate)
 	updateCallback.Register("gorm:save_before_associations", SaveBeforeAssociations(false))
 	updateCallback.Register("gorm:update", Update(config))
+	updateCallback.Register("gorm:preload", Preload)
 	updateCallback.Register("gorm:save_after_associations", SaveAfterAssociations(false))
 	updateCallback.Register("gorm:after_update", AfterUpdate)
 	updateCallback.Match(enableTransaction).Register("gorm:commit_or_rollback_transaction", CommitOrRollbackTransaction)
diff --git a/callbacks/query.go b/callbacks/query.go
index e89dd199..551f0aaf 100644
--- a/callbacks/query.go
+++ b/callbacks/query.go
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ func Preload(db *gorm.DB) {
 		})
 
 		if err := preloadDB.Statement.Parse(db.Statement.Dest); err != nil {
-			return
+			if err := preloadDB.Statement.Parse(db.Statement.Model); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
 		}
 		preloadDB.Statement.ReflectValue = db.Statement.ReflectValue
 		preloadDB.Statement.Unscoped = db.Statement.Unscoped
diff --git a/tests/update_test.go b/tests/update_test.go
index c03d2d47..f6ca8f3e 100644
--- a/tests/update_test.go
+++ b/tests/update_test.go
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ func TestUpdateReturning(t *testing.T) {
 		GetUser("update-returning-1", Config{}),
 		GetUser("update-returning-2", Config{}),
 		GetUser("update-returning-3", Config{}),
+		GetUser("update-returning-4", Config{Pets: 1}),
 	}
 	DB.Create(&users)
 
@@ -795,6 +796,18 @@ func TestUpdateReturning(t *testing.T) {
 	if results[1].Age-results[0].Age != 100 {
 		t.Errorf("failed to return updated age column")
 	}
+
+	var result User
+	DB.Model(&result).Where("name = ?", users[3].Name).Clauses(clause.Returning{}).Preload("Pets").Update("age", 38)
+	if result.Age != 38 {
+		t.Errorf("failed to return updated data, got %v", results)
+	}
+
+	if len(result.Pets) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("failed to preload pets, got %v", result.Pets)
+	}
+
+	CheckPet(t, *result.Pets[0], *users[3].Pets[0])
 }
 
 func TestUpdateWithDiffSchema(t *testing.T) {