diff --git a/ironic/common/rpc.py b/ironic/common/rpc.py
index 7c02be69b0..dbf702bb98 100644
--- a/ironic/common/rpc.py
+++ b/ironic/common/rpc.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ TRANSPORT_ALIASES = {
 
 
 def init(conf):
-    global TRANSPORT, NOTIFIER
+    global TRANSPORT, NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT, NOTIFIER
     exmods = get_allowed_exmods()
     TRANSPORT = messaging.get_transport(conf,
                                         allowed_remote_exmods=exmods,
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py
index 6e10aac070..a4a3e17c13 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py
@@ -11,11 +11,34 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import mock
+from oslo_config import cfg
+import oslo_messaging as messaging
 
 from ironic.common import context as ironic_context
 from ironic.common import rpc
 from ironic.tests import base
 
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+class TestUtils(base.TestCase):
+
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'Notifier', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'JsonPayloadSerializer', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'get_notification_transport', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch.object(messaging, 'get_transport', autospec=True)
+    def test_init_globals(self, mock_get_transport, mock_get_notification,
+                          mock_serializer, mock_notifier):
+        rpc.TRANSPORT = None
+        rpc.NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT = None
+        rpc.NOTIFIER = None
+        rpc.init(CONF)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_get_transport.return_value, rpc.TRANSPORT)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_get_notification.return_value,
+                         rpc.NOTIFICATION_TRANSPORT)
+        self.assertTrue(mock_serializer.called)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_notifier.return_value, rpc.NOTIFIER)
+
 
 class TestRequestContextSerializer(base.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-72824356e7d8832a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-72824356e7d8832a.yaml
index c3ba116469..097ea6c6f6 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-72824356e7d8832a.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-72824356e7d8832a.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 features:
-  - It is now possible to configure the notifications tu use a different
+  - It is now possible to configure the notifications to use a different
     transport URL than the RPCs. These could potentially be completely
     different message broker hosts (though they don't need to be). If the
     notification-specific configuration is not provided, the notifier will use