diff --git a/tools/export.pl b/tools/export.pl
index 22ea188014..164cdad941 100755
--- a/tools/export.pl
+++ b/tools/export.pl
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ( $op eq "export" ) {
                         ?
                           C4::Context->preference('item-level_itypes')
                             ? ( 'items.itype' => $itemtype )
-                            : ( 'biblioitems.itemtype' => $itemtype )
+                            : ( 'me.itemtype' => $itemtype )
                         : ()
                     ),