diff --git a/C4/ImportBatch.pm b/C4/ImportBatch.pm
index 5f466134e2..61857606be 100644
--- a/C4/ImportBatch.pm
+++ b/C4/ImportBatch.pm
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ sub BatchCommitRecords {
             SetImportRecordStatus($rowref->{'import_record_id'}, 'imported');
         } elsif ($record_result eq 'ignore') {
             $num_ignored++;
+            $recordid = $record_match;
             if ($record_type eq 'biblio' and defined $recordid and $item_result eq 'create_new') {
                 my ($bib_items_added, $bib_items_errored) = BatchCommitItems($rowref->{'import_record_id'}, $recordid);
                 $num_items_added += $bib_items_added;