diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/tables/shelves_results.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/tables/shelves_results.tt
index a25ee52259..38efef79ce 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/tables/shelves_results.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/tables/shelves_results.tt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         [%~ action_block = action_block _ '</form>' ~%]
     [%~ END ~%]
     [%~ IF public AND allow_transfer ~%]
-        [%~ action_block = action_block _ ' <form action="shelves.pl" method="post">' ~%]
+        [%~ action_block = action_block _ ' <form action="shelves.pl" method="get">' ~%]
         [%~ action_block = action_block _ '<input type="hidden" name="shelves" value="1" />' ~%]
         [%~ action_block = action_block _ '<input type="hidden" name="op" value="transfer" />' ~%]
         [%~ action_block = action_block _ '<input type="hidden" name="shelfnumber" value="' _ shelfnumber  _ '" />' ~%]
diff --git a/virtualshelves/shelves.pl b/virtualshelves/shelves.pl
index c48325cc6b..2be580b4d0 100755
--- a/virtualshelves/shelves.pl
+++ b/virtualshelves/shelves.pl
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ if ( $op eq 'add_form' ) {
         push @messages, { type => 'alert', code => 'does_not_exist' };
     }
     $op = $referer;
+} elsif ( $op eq 'transfer' ) {
+    $shelfnumber = $query->param('shelfnumber');
+    $shelf = Koha::Virtualshelves->find($shelfnumber) if $shelfnumber;
 } elsif ( $op eq 'cud-transfer' ) {
     $shelfnumber = $query->param('shelfnumber');
     $shelf = Koha::Virtualshelves->find($shelfnumber) if $shelfnumber;