diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 9191cae6391..3918bbee194 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
     !for_personal_snippet?
   end
 
-  def for_issuable_with_ability?
+  def for_issuable?
     for_issue? || for_merge_request?
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/todo_service.rb b/app/services/todo_service.rb
index 4a7e89a63c7..46f12086555 100644
--- a/app/services/todo_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/todo_service.rb
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class TodoService
   end
 
   def reject_users_without_access(users, parent, target)
-    if target.is_a?(Note) && target.for_issuable_with_ability?
+    if target.is_a?(Note) && target.for_issuable?
       target = target.noteable
     end