diff --git a/phpBB/includes/notification/manager.php b/phpBB/includes/notification/manager.php
index 4e26234390..9eceeb753a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/notification/manager.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/notification/manager.php
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ class phpbb_notification_manager
 
 		$user_ids = array();
 		$notification_objects = $notification_methods = array();
-		$new_rows = array();
 
 		// Never send notifications to the anonymous user!
 		unset($notify_users[ANONYMOUS]);
@@ -420,6 +419,8 @@ class phpbb_notification_manager
 		$pre_create_data = $notification->pre_create_insert_array($data, $notify_users);
 		unset($notification);
 
+		$insert_buffer = new phpbb_db_sql_insert_buffer($this->db, $this->notifications_table);
+
 		// Go through each user so we can insert a row in the DB and then notify them by their desired means
 		foreach ($notify_users as $user => $methods)
 		{
@@ -427,8 +428,8 @@ class phpbb_notification_manager
 
 			$notification->user_id = (int) $user;
 
-			// Store the creation array in our new rows that will be inserted later
-			$new_rows[] = $notification->create_insert_array($data, $pre_create_data);
+			// Insert notification row using buffer.
+			$insert_buffer->insert($notification->create_insert_array($data, $pre_create_data));
 
 			// Users are needed to send notifications
 			$user_ids = array_merge($user_ids, $notification->users_to_query());
@@ -448,8 +449,7 @@ class phpbb_notification_manager
 			}
 		}
 
-		// insert into the db
-		$this->db->sql_multi_insert($this->notifications_table, $new_rows);
+		$insert_buffer->flush();
 
 		// We need to load all of the users to send notifications
 		$this->user_loader->load_users($user_ids);