diff --git a/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.html.erb b/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.html.erb
index 8be3090d3..3b96d2454 100644
--- a/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.html.erb
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-<% if user %>
-  <li id="notifications">
-    <%= link_to notifications_path, rel: "nofollow",
-                                    title: text,
-                                    class: "notifications #{notifications_class}" do %>
-      <span class="show-for-sr">
-        <%= t("layouts.header.notification_item.notifications") %>
-      </span>
-      <span class="show-for-small-only"><%= text %></span>
-    <% end %>
-  </li>
-<% end %>
+<li id="notifications">
+  <%= link_to notifications_path, rel: "nofollow",
+                                  title: text,
+                                  class: "notifications #{notifications_class}" do %>
+    <span class="show-for-sr">
+      <%= t("layouts.header.notification_item.notifications") %>
+    </span>
+    <span class="show-for-small-only"><%= text %></span>
+  <% end %>
+</li>
diff --git a/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.rb b/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.rb
index c620180b0..5a767e418 100644
--- a/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/layout/notification_item_component.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ class Layout::NotificationItemComponent < ApplicationComponent
     @user = user
   end
 
+  def render?
+    user.present?
+  end
+
   private
 
     def text
diff --git a/spec/components/layout/notification_item_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/layout/notification_item_component_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..086ee817a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/layout/notification_item_component_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe Layout::NotificationItemComponent do
+  it "is not rendered for anonymous users" do
+    render_inline Layout::NotificationItemComponent.new(nil)
+
+    expect(page).not_to be_rendered
+  end
+
+  it "is rendered for identified users" do
+    render_inline Layout::NotificationItemComponent.new(create(:user))
+
+    expect(page).to be_rendered
+  end
+end