diff --git a/Koha/Serial/Item.pm b/Koha/Serial/Item.pm
index 3509b3deb3..c3286a5323 100644
--- a/Koha/Serial/Item.pm
+++ b/Koha/Serial/Item.pm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Koha::Serial::Item - Koha Serial Item Object class
 
 =cut
 
-sub type {
+sub _type {
     return 'Serialitem';
 }
 
diff --git a/serials/serials-edit.pl b/serials/serials-edit.pl
index 12efa67930..2bff94b66e 100755
--- a/serials/serials-edit.pl
+++ b/serials/serials-edit.pl
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if ( $op and $op eq 'serialchangestatus' ) {
             my $previous = GetPreviousSerialid($subscriptionids[$i]);
             if ($previous) {
 
-                my $serialitem = Koha::Serial::Items->find( $previous );
+                my $serialitem = Koha::Serial::Items->search( {serialid => $previous} )->next;
                 my $itemnumber = $serialitem ? $serialitem->itemnumber : undef;
                 if ($itemnumber) {