diff --git a/components/brave_rewards/browser/rewards_notification_service_impl.cc b/components/brave_rewards/browser/rewards_notification_service_impl.cc
index e6e530fe74e9..3e951d3bea5e 100644
--- a/components/brave_rewards/browser/rewards_notification_service_impl.cc
+++ b/components/brave_rewards/browser/rewards_notification_service_impl.cc
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ namespace brave_rewards {
 
 RewardsNotificationServiceImpl::RewardsNotificationServiceImpl(Profile* profile)
     : profile_(profile) {
-  ReadRewardsNotifications();
 }
 
 RewardsNotificationServiceImpl::~RewardsNotificationServiceImpl() {
-  StoreRewardsNotifications();
 }
 
 void RewardsNotificationServiceImpl::AddNotification(
@@ -102,16 +100,18 @@ void RewardsNotificationServiceImpl::ReadRewardsNotifications() {
     int notification_timestamp;
     RewardsNotificationArgs notification_args;
     dict_value->GetString("id", &notification_id);
+    dict_value->GetInteger("type", &notification_type);
+    dict_value->GetInteger("timestamp", &notification_timestamp);
 
     if (notification_id.empty()) {
       int old_id;
       dict_value->GetInteger("id", &old_id);
-      notification_id = std::to_string(old_id);
+      if (old_id == 0 && notification_type == 2)
+        notification_id = "rewards_notification_grant";
+      else
+        notification_id = std::to_string(old_id);
     }
 
-    dict_value->GetInteger("type", &notification_type);
-    dict_value->GetInteger("timestamp", &notification_timestamp);
-
     base::ListValue* args;
     dict_value->GetList("args", &args);
     for (auto& arg : *args) {