diff --git a/CRM/Financial/BAO/FinancialItem.php b/CRM/Financial/BAO/FinancialItem.php
index 130771577503..506214447cbf 100644
--- a/CRM/Financial/BAO/FinancialItem.php
+++ b/CRM/Financial/BAO/FinancialItem.php
@@ -46,20 +46,19 @@ public static function retrieve($params, &$defaults) {
    * @return CRM_Financial_DAO_FinancialItem
    */
   public static function add($lineItem, $contribution, $taxTrxnID = FALSE, $trxnId = NULL) {
-    $contributionStatuses = CRM_Contribute_PseudoConstant::contributionStatus(NULL, 'name');
     $financialItemStatus = CRM_Core_PseudoConstant::get('CRM_Financial_DAO_FinancialItem', 'status_id');
+    $contributionStatus = CRM_Core_PseudoConstant::getName('CRM_Contribute_BAO_Contribution', 'contribution_status_id', $contribution->contribution_status_id);
     $itemStatus = NULL;
-    if ($contribution->contribution_status_id == array_search('Completed', $contributionStatuses)
-      || $contribution->contribution_status_id == array_search('Pending refund', $contributionStatuses)
-    ) {
+    if ($contributionStatus === 'Completed' || $contributionStatus === 'Pending refund') {
       $itemStatus = array_search('Paid', $financialItemStatus);
     }
-    elseif ($contribution->contribution_status_id == array_search('Pending', $contributionStatuses)
-      || $contribution->contribution_status_id == array_search('In Progress', $contributionStatuses)
+    elseif ($contributionStatus === 'Pending'
+      // In progress is no longer present on new installs unless extensions add it.
+      || $contributionStatus === 'In Progress'
     ) {
       $itemStatus = array_search('Unpaid', $financialItemStatus);
     }
-    elseif ($contribution->contribution_status_id == array_search('Partially paid', $contributionStatuses)) {
+    elseif ($contributionStatus === 'Partially paid') {
       $itemStatus = array_search('Partially paid', $financialItemStatus);
     }
     $params = [
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ public static function add($lineItem, $contribution, $taxTrxnID = FALSE, $trxnId
         $trxnId['id'] = $trxn['financialTrxnId'];
       }
     }
-    $financialItem = self::create($params, NULL, $trxnId);
-    return $financialItem;
+    return self::create($params, NULL, $trxnId);
   }
 
   /**