diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
index 2937689fd2be..db99e14b493f 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/Contribution.php
@@ -2801,6 +2801,11 @@ public function _assignMessageVariablesToTemplate(&$values, $input, &$template,
     $template->assign('first_name', $this->_relatedObjects['contact']->first_name);
     $template->assign('last_name', $this->_relatedObjects['contact']->last_name);
     $template->assign('displayName', $this->_relatedObjects['contact']->display_name);
+
+    // For some unit tests contribution cannot contain paymentProcessor information
+    $billingMode = empty($this->_relatedObjects['paymentProcessor']) ? CRM_Core_Payment::BILLING_MODE_NOTIFY : $this->_relatedObjects['paymentProcessor']['billing_mode'];
+    $template->assign('contributeMode', CRM_Utils_Array::value($billingMode, CRM_Core_SelectValues::contributeMode()));
+
     if (!empty($values['lineItem']) && !empty($this->_relatedObjects['membership'])) {
       $values['useForMember'] = TRUE;
     }
@@ -2884,7 +2889,6 @@ public function _assignMessageVariablesToTemplate(&$values, $input, &$template,
       CRM_Utils_Date::processDate($this->receive_date)
     );
     $values['receipt_date'] = (empty($this->receipt_date) ? NULL : $this->receipt_date);
-    $template->assign('contributeMode', 'notify');
     $template->assign('action', $this->is_test ? 1024 : 1);
     $template->assign('receipt_text',
       CRM_Utils_Array::value('receipt_text',
diff --git a/CRM/Core/SelectValues.php b/CRM/Core/SelectValues.php
index af7f6510b86c..c316d6adbbcf 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/SelectValues.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/SelectValues.php
@@ -1012,6 +1012,17 @@ public static function billingMode() {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return array
+   */
+  public static function contributeMode() {
+    return array(
+      CRM_Core_Payment::BILLING_MODE_FORM => 'direct',
+      CRM_Core_Payment::BILLING_MODE_BUTTON => 'directIPN',
+      CRM_Core_Payment::BILLING_MODE_NOTIFY => 'notify',
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Frequency unit for schedule reminders.
    *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/ContributionTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/ContributionTest.php
index 498493607cc4..d3d1ca43caef 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/ContributionTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/ContributionTest.php
@@ -2593,9 +2593,36 @@ public function testSendMail() {
         'Event',
       )
     );
+
+    $this->checkCreditCardDetails($mut, $contribution['id']);
     $mut->stop();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check credit card details in sent mail via API
+   *
+   * @param $mut obj CiviMailUtils instance
+   * @param int $contributionID Contribution ID
+   *
+   */
+  public function checkCreditCardDetails($mut, $contributionID) {
+    $contribution = $this->callAPISuccess('contribution', 'create', $this->_params);
+    $this->callAPISuccess('contribution', 'sendconfirmation', array(
+        'id' => $contributionID,
+        'receipt_from_email' => 'api@civicrm.org',
+        'payment_processor_id' => $this->paymentProcessorID,
+      )
+    );
+    $mut->checkMailLog(array(
+        'Credit Card Information', // credit card header
+        'Billing Name and Address', // billing header
+        'anthony_anderson@civicrm.org', // billing name
+      ), array(
+        'Event',
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test sending a mail via the API.
    */