diff --git a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/deletion_task.py b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/deletion_task.py
index 35d72812da..f38d74c4bb 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/deletion_task.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/deletion_task.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def soft_delete_related_objects(
             try:
                 # Check if the field has CASCADE on delete
                 if (
-                    hasattr(field.remote_field, "on_delete")
-                    and field.remote_field.on_delete == models.CASCADE
+                    not hasattr(field.remote_field, "on_delete")
+                    or field.remote_field.on_delete == "CASCADE"
                 ):
                     if field.one_to_many:
                         related_objects = getattr(instance, field.name).all()