diff --git a/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.spec.ts
index 474621f14f..47a4852cf1 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/alerts/item-alerts.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ItemAlertsComponent } from './item-alerts.component';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
-import { of } from 'rxjs';
-import { DsoWithdrawnReinstateModalService } from '../../shared/dso-page/dso-withdrawn-reinstate-service/dso-withdrawn-reinstate-modal.service';
+import { DsoWithdrawnReinstateModalService, REQUEST_REINSTATE } from '../../shared/dso-page/dso-withdrawn-reinstate-service/dso-withdrawn-reinstate-modal.service';
 import { CorrectionTypeDataService } from '../../core/submission/correctiontype-data.service';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+import { CorrectionType } from '../../core/submission/models/correctiontype.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { createPaginatedList } from '../../shared/testing/utils.test';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
 
 describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
   let component: ItemAlertsComponent;
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
   let authorizationService;
   let dsoWithdrawnReinstateModalService;
   let correctionTypeDataService;
+  let testScheduler: TestScheduler;
 
   const itemMock = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     uuid: 'item-uuid',
@@ -25,9 +30,7 @@ describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', ['isAuthorized']);
     dsoWithdrawnReinstateModalService = jasmine.createSpyObj('dsoWithdrawnReinstateModalService', ['openCreateWithdrawnReinstateModal']);
-    correctionTypeDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('correctionTypeDataService', {
-      findByItem: of({})
-    });
+    correctionTypeDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('correctionTypeDataService',  ['findByItem']);
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       declarations: [ItemAlertsComponent],
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
         isWithdrawn: true
       });
       component.item = item;
+      (correctionTypeDataService.findByItem).and.returnValue(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$([]));
       fixture.detectChanges();
     });
 
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
         isWithdrawn: false
       });
       component.item = item;
+      (correctionTypeDataService.findByItem).and.returnValue(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$([]));
       fixture.detectChanges();
     });
 
@@ -109,17 +114,42 @@ describe('ItemAlertsComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('should return true when user is not an admin and there is at least one correction with topic REQUEST_REINSTATE', fakeAsync((done) => {
-    const isAdmin = false;
-    const correction = [{ topic: 'REQUEST_REINSTATE' }];
-    authorizationService.isAuthorized.and.returnValue(of(isAdmin));
-    correctionTypeDataService.findByItem.and.returnValue(of(correction));
-
-    const result$ = component.showReinstateButton$();
-    tick();
-    result$.subscribe((result) => {
-      expect(result).toBeTrue();
-      done();
+  describe('when the item is reinstated', () => {
+    const correctionType = Object.assign(new CorrectionType(), {
+      topic: REQUEST_REINSTATE
     });
-  }));
+    const correctionRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(createPaginatedList([correctionType]));
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      item =  itemMock;
+      component.item = item;
+      (correctionTypeDataService.findByItem).and.returnValue(of(correctionRD));
+
+       testScheduler = new TestScheduler((actual, expected) => {
+        expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when user is not an admin and there is at least one correction with topic REQUEST_REINSTATE', () => {
+      testScheduler.run(({ cold, expectObservable }) => {
+        const isAdminMarble = 'a';
+        const correctionMarble = 'b';
+        const expectedMarble = 'c';
+
+        const isAdminValues = { a: false };
+        const correctionValues = { b: correctionRD };
+        const expectedValues = { c: true };
+
+        const isAdmin$ = cold(isAdminMarble, isAdminValues);
+        const correction$ = cold(correctionMarble, correctionValues);
+
+        (authorizationService.isAuthorized).and.returnValue(isAdmin$);
+        (correctionTypeDataService.findByItem).and.returnValue(correction$);
+
+        expectObservable(component.showReinstateButton$()).toBe(expectedMarble, expectedValues);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
 });