diff --git a/cosmogramme/php/classes/classe_notice_integration.php b/cosmogramme/php/classes/classe_notice_integration.php
index 9ae4bd842840c8ebd01bfc2c0e185ed9325d4ef7..c4110b698204de472eaa04f4c9997090b8ee2018 100644
--- a/cosmogramme/php/classes/classe_notice_integration.php
+++ b/cosmogramme/php/classes/classe_notice_integration.php
@@ -939,10 +939,10 @@ class notice_integration {
                                   'Updated' => dateDuJour(0),
                                   'Quality' => $this->qualite_bib]);
 
-    if (!$serial = Class_Notice_SerialArticles::updateOrInsert($instance))
+    if (null === ($serial = Class_Notice_SerialArticles::updateOrInsert($instance)))
       return;
 
-    $this->statut = $serial->isNew()
+    $this->statut = $serial
       ? static::RECORD_INSERT
       : static::RECORD_RENEW;
   }
diff --git a/library/Class/Notice/SerialArticles.php b/library/Class/Notice/SerialArticles.php
index 2b6823ab1a5a2d64252ebc31533a7a389264445f..7b668bfe1816674431f1b048489627932208db8c 100644
--- a/library/Class/Notice/SerialArticles.php
+++ b/library/Class/Notice/SerialArticles.php
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ class NoticeSerialArticlesLoader extends Storm_Model_Loader {
                                     'qualite' => $instance->getQuality()]);
 
     $serial->updateAttributes($update_columns);
+    $is_new = $serial->isNew();
     $serial->save();
-    return $serial;
+    return $is_new;
   }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/library/Class/Cosmogramme/Integration/PhaseNoticeTest.php b/tests/library/Class/Cosmogramme/Integration/PhaseNoticeTest.php
index 21215f0a43d249dd9278e8399a1b5fa7efe0e23d..2808f39cb81938108f54d2e314863f6688f92773 100644
--- a/tests/library/Class/Cosmogramme/Integration/PhaseNoticeTest.php
+++ b/tests/library/Class/Cosmogramme/Integration/PhaseNoticeTest.php
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ class PhaseNoticeImportFullTest extends PhaseNoticeImportTestCase {
     $this->assertEquals(110, $this->_phase->getCount(Class_Cosmogramme_Integration_Phase::RECORD_INSERT));
   }
 
+  /** @test */
+  public function phaseCounterShouldNotContainsRecordsRenew() {
+    $this->assertEquals(0, $this->_phase->getCount(Class_Cosmogramme_Integration_Phase::RECORD_RENEW));
+  }
 
   /** @test */
   public function phaseCounterShouldContain17RecordsRejected() {