diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_events.py b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
index d1c89a5137..1766bd3b02 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ from zerver.lib.actions import (
     get_typing_user_profiles,
     log_event,
     lookup_default_stream_groups,
-    notify_realm_export,
     notify_realm_custom_profile_fields,
     check_add_user_group,
     do_update_user_group_name,
@@ -2760,11 +2759,6 @@ class EventsRegisterTest(ZulipTestCase):
         self.assert_on_error(error)
 
     def test_notify_realm_export(self) -> None:
-        # Create the `realm_exported` RealmAuditLog object
-        with mock.patch('zerver.lib.export.do_export_realm',
-                        return_value=create_dummy_file('test-export.tar.gz')):
-            self.client_post('/json/export/realm')
-
         schema_checker = self.check_events_dict([
             ('type', equals('realm_export')),
             ('exports', check_list(check_dict_only([
@@ -2778,13 +2772,17 @@ class EventsRegisterTest(ZulipTestCase):
             ])))
         ])
 
-        # Traditionally, we'd be testing the endpoint, but that
-        # requires somewhat annoying mocking setup for what to do with
-        # the export tarball.
-        events = self.do_test(
-            lambda: notify_realm_export(self.user_profile),
-            state_change_expected=False, num_events=1)
-        error = schema_checker('events[0]', events[0])
+        do_change_is_admin(self.user_profile, True)
+        self.login(self.user_profile.email)
+
+        with mock.patch('zerver.lib.export.do_export_realm',
+                        return_value=create_dummy_file('test-export.tar.gz')):
+            events = self.do_test(
+                lambda: print(self.client_post('/json/export/realm').content),
+                state_change_expected=True, num_events=2)
+
+        # The first event is a message from notification-bot.
+        error = schema_checker('events[1]', events[1])
         self.assert_on_error(error)
 
 class FetchInitialStateDataTest(ZulipTestCase):