diff --git a/C4/Items.pm b/C4/Items.pm
index 81f3231e1b..96328f6017 100644
--- a/C4/Items.pm
+++ b/C4/Items.pm
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ sub ModItemFromMarc {
     my $item_object = Koha::Items->find($itemnumber);
     my $item = TransformMarcToKoha( $localitemmarc, $frameworkcode, 'items' );
 
+    my $has_permanent_location = $item->{permanent_location};
+
     # Retrieving the values for the fields that are not linked
     my @mapped_fields = Koha::MarcSubfieldStructures->search(
         {
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ sub ModItemFromMarc {
     $item_object = $item_object->set_or_blank($item);
     $item_object->cn_sort($existing_cn_sort); # Resetting to the existing value
 
+    $item_object->make_column_dirty('permanent_location') if $has_permanent_location;
+
     my $unlinked_item_subfields = _get_unlinked_item_subfields( $localitemmarc, $frameworkcode );
     $item_object->more_subfields_xml(_get_unlinked_subfields_xml($unlinked_item_subfields));
     $item_object->store({ skip_record_index => $params->{skip_record_index} });