diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 606b1036..3b58fee3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes for CKEditor for Craft CMS
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fixed an error that could occur when editing an entry with nested CKEditor entries that used a soft-deleted entry type. ([#191](https://github.com/craftcms/ckeditor/issues/191))
+
 ## 4.0.0 - 2024-03-14
 
 - CKEditor now requires Craft CMS 5.0.0-beta.7 or later.
diff --git a/src/Field.php b/src/Field.php
index fa0aad1e..4f2c1057 100644
--- a/src/Field.php
+++ b/src/Field.php
@@ -1061,17 +1061,24 @@ private function _prepNestedEntriesForDisplay(string $value, ?int $elementSiteId
             $entryId = $entryIds[$i];
             /** @var Entry|null $entry */
             $entry = $entries[$entryId] ?? null;
-            if (!$entry) {
+
+            if (!$entry || (!$isCpRequest && $entry->trashed)) {
                 $entryHtml = '';
             } elseif ($isCpRequest) {
-                $entryHtml = $this->getCardHtml($entry);
-                if (!$static) {
-                    $entryHtml = Html::tag('craft-entry', options: [
-                        'data' => [
-                            'entry-id' => $entryId,
-                            'card-html' => $entryHtml,
-                        ],
-                    ]);
+                try {
+                    $entryHtml = $this->getCardHtml($entry);
+
+                    if (!$static) {
+                        $entryHtml = Html::tag('craft-entry', options: [
+                            'data' => [
+                                'entry-id' => $entryId,
+                                'card-html' => $entryHtml,
+                            ],
+                        ]);
+                    }
+                } catch (InvalidConfigException) {
+                    // this can happen e.g. when the entry type has been deleted
+                    $entryHtml = '';
                 }
             } else {
                 $entryHtml = $entry->render();