diff --git a/app/models/reviewable.rb b/app/models/reviewable.rb
index 287d5a5f924..8f6caaafa03 100644
--- a/app/models/reviewable.rb
+++ b/app/models/reviewable.rb
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ protected
     return partial_result if status == :all
 
     if status == :reviewed
-      partial_result.where(status: [statuses[:approved], statuses[:rejected], statuses[:ignored]])
+      partial_result.where(status: statuses.except(:pending).values)
     else
       partial_result.where(status: statuses[status])
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/reviewable_spec.rb b/spec/models/reviewable_spec.rb
index 84235644b17..615f6e581d8 100644
--- a/spec/models/reviewable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reviewable_spec.rb
@@ -460,4 +460,12 @@ RSpec.describe Reviewable, type: :model do
       expect(results.first).to eq first_reviewable
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.by_status' do
+    it 'includes reviewables with deleted targets when passing the reviewed status' do
+      reviewable = Fabricate(:reviewable_queued_post, status: Reviewable.statuses[:deleted])
+
+      expect(Reviewable.by_status(Reviewable.all, :reviewed)).to contain_exactly(reviewable)
+    end
+  end
 end