diff --git a/tests/notification/submit_post_base.php b/tests/notification/submit_post_base.php
index 953bedac80..5fbcfc8776 100644
--- a/tests/notification/submit_post_base.php
+++ b/tests/notification/submit_post_base.php
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ class phpbb_notification_submit_post_base extends phpbb_database_test_case
 	public function test_submit_post($additional_post_data, $expected_before, $expected_after)
 	{
 		$sql = 'SELECT user_id, item_id, item_parent_id
-			FROM ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TABLE . "
-			WHERE item_type = '" . $this->item_type . "'
+			FROM ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TABLE . ' n, ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TYPES_TABLE . " nt
+			WHERE nt.notification_type_name = '" . $this->item_type . "'
+				AND n.notification_type_id = nt.notification_type_id
 			ORDER BY user_id, item_id ASC";
 		$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected_before, $this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
@@ -131,8 +132,9 @@ class phpbb_notification_submit_post_base extends phpbb_database_test_case
 		submit_post('reply', '', 'poster-name', POST_NORMAL, $poll_data, $post_data, false, false);
 
 		$sql = 'SELECT user_id, item_id, item_parent_id
-			FROM ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TABLE . "
-			WHERE item_type = '" . $this->item_type . "'
+			FROM ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TABLE . ' n, ' . NOTIFICATIONS_TYPES_TABLE . " nt
+			WHERE nt.notification_type_name = '" . $this->item_type . "'
+				AND n.notification_type_id = nt.notification_type_id
 			ORDER BY user_id ASC, item_id ASC";
 		$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected_after, $this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));