diff --git a/lib/Mailer/MetaInfo.php b/lib/Mailer/MetaInfo.php
index 88349094e5..73f21db0a7 100644
--- a/lib/Mailer/MetaInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Mailer/MetaInfo.php
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class MetaInfo {
     );
   }
 
-  public function getConfirmationMetaInfo(Subscriber $subscriber) {
-    return $this->makeMetaInfo('confirmation', $subscriber->status, $subscriber->source);
+  public function getConfirmationMetaInfo(SubscriberEntity $subscriber) {
+    return $this->makeMetaInfo('confirmation', $subscriber->getStatus(), $subscriber->getSource());
   }
 
   public function getNewSubscriberNotificationMetaInfo() {
diff --git a/lib/Subscribers/ConfirmationEmailMailer.php b/lib/Subscribers/ConfirmationEmailMailer.php
index 220aa0ff6a..bc20cf94ff 100644
--- a/lib/Subscribers/ConfirmationEmailMailer.php
+++ b/lib/Subscribers/ConfirmationEmailMailer.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class ConfirmationEmailMailer {
     // send email
     try {
       $extraParams = [
-        'meta' => $this->mailerMetaInfo->getConfirmationMetaInfo($subscriber),
+        'meta' => $this->mailerMetaInfo->getConfirmationMetaInfo($subscriberEntity),
       ];
       $result = $this->mailer->send($email, $subscriber, $extraParams);
       if ($result['response'] === false) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/Mailer/MetaInfoTest.php b/tests/integration/Mailer/MetaInfoTest.php
index 28344110e5..4e77174b07 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Mailer/MetaInfoTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Mailer/MetaInfoTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use MailPoet\Entities\SubscriberEntity;
 use MailPoet\Mailer\MetaInfo;
 use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
+use MailPoet\Test\DataFactories\Subscriber as SubscriberFactory;
 
 class MetaInfoTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   /** @var MetaInfo */
@@ -59,11 +60,9 @@ class MetaInfoTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   }
 
   public function testItGetsMetaInfoForConfirmationEmails() {
-    $subscriber = Subscriber::create();
-    $subscriber->hydrate([
-      'status' => 'unconfirmed',
-      'source' => 'form',
-    ]);
+    $subscriberFactory = new SubscriberFactory();
+    $subscriber = $subscriberFactory->withStatus('unconfirmed')->withSource('form')->create();
+
     expect($this->meta->getConfirmationMetaInfo($subscriber))->equals([
       'email_type' => 'confirmation',
       'subscriber_status' => 'unconfirmed',