diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-notify-post-receive.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-notify-post-receive.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b68396d5c50600ef54f8a2cb91b257829f9b215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-notify-post-receive.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Fixed wrong method call on notify_post_receive
+merge_request:
+author: Luigi Leoni
diff --git a/lib/api/internal.rb b/lib/api/internal.rb
index 5b48ee8665f8d71b83c69fc2e5a1f65fc2587bb1..ebed26dd1786687b79ae91dff672249e47a33b4f 100644
--- a/lib/api/internal.rb
+++ b/lib/api/internal.rb
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module API
         begin
           Gitlab::GitalyClient::Notifications.new(project.repository).post_receive
         rescue GRPC::Unavailable => e
-          render_api_error(e, 500)
+          render_api_error!(e, 500)
         end
       end
     end