diff --git a/routers/web/user/notification.go b/routers/web/user/notification.go
index dfcaf58e08..d3c9365dfe 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/notification.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/notification.go
@@ -111,20 +111,26 @@ func getNotifications(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	statuses := []activities_model.NotificationStatus{status, activities_model.NotificationStatusPinned}
-	nls, err := db.Find[activities_model.Notification](ctx, activities_model.FindNotificationOptions{
-		ListOptions: db.ListOptions{
-			PageSize: perPage,
-			Page:     page,
-		},
-		UserID: ctx.Doer.ID,
-		Status: statuses,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("db.Find[activities_model.Notification]", err)
-		return
+	sess := db.GetEngine(ctx).Table("notification")
+	if setting.Database.Type.IsMySQL() {
+		sess = sess.IndexHint("USE", "JOIN", "IDX_notification_user_id")
+	}
+	sess.Where("user_id = ?", ctx.Doer.ID).
+		And("status = ? OR status = ?", status, activities_model.NotificationStatusPinned).
+		OrderBy("notification.updated_unix DESC")
+
+	if perPage > 0 {
+		if page == 0 {
+			page = 1
+		}
+		sess.Limit(perPage, (page-1)*perPage)
 	}
 
+	nls := make([]*activities_model.Notification, 0, perPage)
+	if err := sess.Find(&nls); err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("FindNotifications", err)
+		return
+	}
 	notifications := activities_model.NotificationList(nls)
 
 	failCount := 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/notification_test.go b/tests/integration/notification_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6195ec2282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/notification_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Forgejo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/tests"
+)
+
+func TestNotification(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+
+	user2 := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: 2})
+	session := loginUser(t, user2.Name)
+
+	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/notifications")
+	resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+	htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+
+	// Unread and pinned notification.
+	htmlDoc.AssertElement(t, ".notifications-link[href='/user2/repo1/pulls/3']", true)
+	htmlDoc.AssertElement(t, ".notifications-link[href='/user2/repo1/issues/4']", true)
+	htmlDoc.AssertElement(t, ".notifications-link[href='/user2/repo2/issues/1']", true)
+
+	// Read notification.
+	htmlDoc.AssertElement(t, ".notifications-link[href='/user2/repo2/pulls/2']", false)
+}