diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl b/misc/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl
index a0907a2f2b..23fe27a6b6 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/longoverdue.pl
@@ -308,7 +308,12 @@ foreach my $startrange (sort keys %$lost) {
             printf ("Due %s: item %5s from borrower %5s to lost: %s\n", $row->{date_due}, $row->{itemnumber}, $row->{borrowernumber}, $lostvalue) if($verbose);
             if($confirm) {
                 ModItem({ itemlost => $lostvalue }, $row->{'biblionumber'}, $row->{'itemnumber'});
-                LostItem($row->{'itemnumber'}, $mark_returned) if( $charge && $charge eq $lostvalue);
+                if ( $charge && $charge eq $lostvalue ) {
+                    LostItem( $row->{'itemnumber'}, $mark_returned );
+                } elsif ( $mark_returned ) {
+                    my $patron = Koha::Patrons->find( $row->{borrowernumber} );
+                    MarkIssueReturned($row->{borrowernumber},$row->{itemnumber},undef,undef,$patron->privacy)
+                }
             }
             $count++;
         }