diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/ldn/action/SendLDNMessageAction.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/ldn/action/SendLDNMessageAction.java
index b11e95972f..5440345271 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/ldn/action/SendLDNMessageAction.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/ldn/action/SendLDNMessageAction.java
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public class SendLDNMessageAction implements LDNAction {
     }
 
     private boolean isRedirect(int statusCode) {
-        return statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY ||
-            statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY;
+        //org.apache.http.HttpStatus has no enum value for 308!
+        return statusCode == (HttpStatus.SC_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT + 1) ||
+            statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT;
     }
 
     private LDNActionStatus handleRedirect(CloseableHttpResponse oldresponse,