diff --git a/homeassistant/components/html5/notify.py b/homeassistant/components/html5/notify.py
index 0a6cc689292..a6ca769250f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/html5/notify.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/html5/notify.py
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ class HTML5NotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
             if response.status_code == 410:
                 _LOGGER.info("Notification channel has expired")
                 reg = self.registrations.pop(target)
-                if not save_json(self.registrations_json_path, self.registrations):
+                try:
+                    save_json(self.registrations_json_path, self.registrations)
+                except HomeAssistantError:
                     self.registrations[target] = reg
                     _LOGGER.error("Error saving registration")
                 else:
diff --git a/tests/components/html5/test_notify.py b/tests/components/html5/test_notify.py
index 116b4437d61..1614555c493 100644
--- a/tests/components/html5/test_notify.py
+++ b/tests/components/html5/test_notify.py
@@ -527,3 +527,46 @@ async def test_send_fcm_without_targets(hass, hass_client):
     assert mock_wp.mock_calls[0][1][0] == SUBSCRIPTION_5["subscription"]
     # Third mock_call checks the status_code of the response.
     assert mock_wp.mock_calls[2][0] == "().send().status_code.__eq__"
+
+
+async def test_send_fcm_expired(hass, hass_client):
+    """Test that the FCM target is removed when expired."""
+    registrations = {"device": SUBSCRIPTION_5}
+    await mock_client(hass, hass_client, registrations)
+
+    with (
+        patch("homeassistant.components.html5.notify.WebPusher") as mock_wp,
+        patch("homeassistant.components.html5.notify.save_json"),
+    ):
+        mock_wp().send().status_code = 410
+        await hass.services.async_call(
+            "notify",
+            "notify",
+            {"message": "Hello", "target": ["device"], "data": {"icon": "beer.png"}},
+            blocking=True,
+        )
+    # "device" should be removed when expired.
+    assert "device" not in registrations
+
+
+async def test_send_fcm_expired_save_fails(hass, hass_client):
+    """Test that the FCM target remains after expiry if save_json fails."""
+    registrations = {"device": SUBSCRIPTION_5}
+    await mock_client(hass, hass_client, registrations)
+
+    with (
+        patch("homeassistant.components.html5.notify.WebPusher") as mock_wp,
+        patch(
+            "homeassistant.components.html5.notify.save_json",
+            side_effect=HomeAssistantError(),
+        ),
+    ):
+        mock_wp().send().status_code = 410
+        await hass.services.async_call(
+            "notify",
+            "notify",
+            {"message": "Hello", "target": ["device"], "data": {"icon": "beer.png"}},
+            blocking=True,
+        )
+    # "device" should still exist if save fails.
+    assert "device" in registrations