diff --git a/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/templates/system/messages/popup.phtml b/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/templates/system/messages/popup.phtml
index 624f4d35fee1c..93ae4efaa3abd 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/templates/system/messages/popup.phtml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/templates/system/messages/popup.phtml
@@ -19,20 +19,12 @@
     </ul>
 </div>
 
-<script>
-require([
-    "jquery",
-    "Magento_Ui/js/modal/modal"
-], function($){
-    if (this.modal) {
-        this.modal.html($('[data-role="system_messages_list"]').html());
-    } else {
-        this.modal = $('[data-role="system_messages_list"]').modal({
-            modalClass: 'modal-system-messages ui-popup-message',
-            type: 'popup',
-            buttons: []
-        });
+<script type="text/x-magento-init">
+    {
+        "[data-role=system_messages_list]": {
+            "Magento_AdminNotification/js/system/messages/popup": {
+                class: 'modal-system-messages ui-popup-message'
+            }
+        }
     }
-    this.modal.modal('openModal');
-});
-</script>
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/web/js/system/messages/popup.js b/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/web/js/system/messages/popup.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3f6a5fb1a123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/AdminNotification/view/adminhtml/web/js/system/messages/popup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+*/
+
+define([
+    'jquery',
+    'Magento_Ui/js/modal/modal'
+], function ($) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    return function (data, element) {
+        if (this.modal) {
+            this.modal.html($(element).html());
+        } else {
+            this.modal = $(element).modal({
+                modalClass: data.class,
+                type: 'popup',
+                buttons: []
+            });
+        }
+        this.modal.modal('openModal');
+    };
+});