diff --git a/app/controllers/api/messaging.php b/app/controllers/api/messaging.php
index 51e046a6ec..ef72be19cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/messaging.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/messaging.php
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ App::delete('/v1/messaging/topics/:topicId')
         $dbForProject->deleteDocument('topics', $topicId);
 
         $queueForDeletes
-            ->setType(DELETE_TYPE_TOPICS)
+            ->setType(DELETE_TYPE_TOPIC)
             ->setDocument($topic);
 
         $queueForEvents