diff --git a/app/mailers/notify.rb b/app/mailers/notify.rb
index 875e83e..5e8af49 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notify.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notify.rb
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ class Notify < ActionMailer::Base
     @project = @merge_request.project
     mail(:to => @user.email, :subject => "gitlab | new merge request | #{@merge_request.title} ")
   end
-  
-  def changed_merge_request_email(user, merge_request)
-    @user = user
-    @merge_request = MergeRequest.find(merge_request.id)
-    @assignee_was ||= User.find(@merge_request.assignee_id_was)
-    @project = @merge_request.project
-    mail(:to => @user['email'], :subject => "gitlab | merge request changed | #{@merge_request.title} ")
+
+  def reassigned_merge_request_email(recipient_id, merge_request_id, previous_assignee_id)
+    recipient = User.find(recipient_id)
+    @merge_request = MergeRequest.find(merge_request_id)
+    @previous_assignee ||= User.find(previous_assignee_id)
+    mail(:to => recipient.email, :subject => "gitlab | merge request changed | #{@merge_request.title} ")
   end
 
   def reassigned_issue_email(recipient_id, issue_id, previous_assignee_id)
diff --git a/app/views/notify/changed_merge_request_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/changed_merge_request_email.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 403d512..0000000
--- a/app/views/notify/changed_merge_request_email.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-%td.content{:align => "left", :style => "font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px 0 0;", :valign => "top", :width => "600"}
-  %table{:border => "0", :cellpadding => "0", :cellspacing => "0", :style => "color: #717171; font: normal 11px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0;", :width => "600"}
-    %tr
-      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
-      %td{:align => "left", :style => "padding: 20px 0 0;"}
-        %h2{:style => "color:#646464; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 26px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
-          Reassigned Merge Request
-          = link_to truncate(@merge_request.title, :length => 16), project_merge_request_url(@project, @merge_request)
-      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
-    %tr
-      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
-      %td{:style => "padding: 15px 0 15px;", :valign => "top"}
-        %p{:style => "color:#767676; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12px;font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
-          Assignee changed from #{@assignee_was.name} to #{@merge_request.assignee.name}
-      %td
-
diff --git a/app/views/notify/reassigned_merge_request_email.html.haml b/app/views/notify/reassigned_merge_request_email.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30b1f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notify/reassigned_merge_request_email.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+%td.content{:align => "left", :style => "font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px 0 0;", :valign => "top", :width => "600"}
+  %table{:border => "0", :cellpadding => "0", :cellspacing => "0", :style => "color: #717171; font: normal 11px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0;", :width => "600"}
+    %tr
+      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
+      %td{:align => "left", :style => "padding: 20px 0 0;"}
+        %h2{:style => "color:#646464; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 26px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
+          Reassigned Merge Request
+          = link_to truncate(@merge_request.title, :length => 16), project_merge_request_url(@merge_request.project, @merge_request)
+      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
+    %tr
+      %td{:style => "font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;", :width => "21"}
+      %td{:style => "padding: 15px 0 15px;", :valign => "top"}
+        %p{:style => "color:#767676; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 20px; font-size: 12px;font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "}
+          Assignee changed from #{@previous_assignee.name} to #{@merge_request.assignee_name}
+      %td
+
diff --git a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
index 8c89608..7211f12 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ describe Notify do
         end
 
         describe 'that are reassigned' do
-          before(:each) { merge_request.stub(:assignee_id_was).and_return(old_assignee.id) }
+          before(:each) { merge_request.stub(:assignee_id_was).and_return(previous_assignee.id) }
 
-          subject { Notify.changed_merge_request_email(recipient, merge_request) }
+          subject { Notify.reassigned_merge_request_email(recipient.id, merge_request.id, previous_assignee.id) }
 
           it_behaves_like 'a multiple recipients email'
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe Notify do
           end
 
           it 'contains the name of the previous assignee' do
-            should have_body_text /#{old_assignee.name}/
+            should have_body_text /#{previous_assignee.name}/
           end
 
           it 'contains the name of the new assignee' do
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