diff --git a/src/actions/notifications.ts b/src/actions/notifications.ts
index b269efe3c9..b4e7effc4c 100644
--- a/src/actions/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/actions/notifications.ts
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ const markReadNotifications = () =>
     if (!isLoggedIn(getState)) return;
 
     const state = getState();
-    const topNotificationId = state.notifications.items.first()?.id;
-    let lastReadId = state.notifications.lastRead;
+    let topNotificationId = state.notifications.items.first()?.id;
+    const lastReadId = state.notifications.lastRead;
     const v = parseVersion(state.instance.version);
 
-    if (typeof lastReadId === 'string' && lastReadId?.includes('+')) {
-      lastReadId = lastReadId.split('+')[0];
+    if (typeof topNotificationId === 'string' && topNotificationId?.includes('+')) {
+      topNotificationId = topNotificationId.split('+')[0];
     }
 
     if (topNotificationId && (lastReadId === -1 || compareId(topNotificationId, lastReadId) > 0)) {