diff --git a/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler.rb b/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler.rb
index 6964665122346651fb8ffc2c49d068c7eb2cbc5d..06dae31cc27e7ce139c6a7476918df83c34141a8 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ module Gitlab
     module Handler
       class CreateNoteHandler < BaseHandler
         def can_handle?
-          # We want to raise SentNotificationNotFoundError for missing key
-          !!(mail_key.nil? || mail_key =~ /\A\w+\z/)
+          mail_key =~ /\A\w+\z/
         end
 
         def execute
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler_spec.rb
index 9b7fb6a1a4b2a845517bfecc3f183f927a1031ac..a2119b0dadfb1619434cc6ffe1c60d33593c3a53 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/email/handler/create_note_handler_spec.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ describe Gitlab::Email::Handler::CreateNoteHandler, lib: true do
   context "when the recipient address doesn't include a mail key" do
     let(:email_raw) { fixture_file('emails/valid_reply.eml').gsub(mail_key, "") }
 
-    it "raises a SentNotificationNotFoundError" do
-      expect { receiver.execute }.to raise_error(Gitlab::Email::SentNotificationNotFoundError)
+    it "raises a UnknownIncomingEmail" do
+      expect { receiver.execute }.to raise_error(Gitlab::Email::UnknownIncomingEmail)
     end
   end