diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/advsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/advsearch.tt
index 23ef320fb6..05abfa6cea 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/advsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/advsearch.tt
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 <fieldset id="sortby"><legend>Sorting</legend>
     <p>
     <label for="sort_by">Sort by: </label><select id="sort_by" name="sort_by">
-  [% INCLUDE 'resort_form.inc' sort_by = sort %]
+  [% INCLUDE 'resort_form.inc' sort_by = sort || sort_by %]
     </select>
         </p>
 </fieldset>