diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
index 93c35b38dd..40b76526e1 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@
                 if (itemnumbers.length > 0) {
                     var url = '/cgi-bin/koha/tools/batchMod.pl?op=show&del=1';
                     url += '&itemnumber=' + itemnumbers.join('&itemnumber=');
+                    url += '&biblionumber=[% biblionumber | uri %]';
                     url += '&src=CATALOGUING';
                     $('a.itemselection_action_delete').attr('href', url);
                 } else {
@@ -991,6 +992,7 @@
                 if (itemnumbers.length > 0) {
                     var url = '/cgi-bin/koha/tools/batchMod.pl?op=show';
                     url += '&itemnumber=' + itemnumbers.join('&itemnumber=');
+                    url += '&biblionumber=[% biblionumber | uri %]';
                     url += '&src=CATALOGUING';
                     $('a.itemselection_action_modify').attr('href', url);
                 } else {
diff --git a/tools/batchMod.pl b/tools/batchMod.pl
index 297c6ce743..1b7de4f4af 100755
--- a/tools/batchMod.pl
+++ b/tools/batchMod.pl
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ if ($op eq "show"){
             @notfounditemnumbers = grep { !$exists{$_} } @contentlist;
         }
     } else {
-        if (defined $biblionumber){
+        if (defined $biblionumber && !@itemnumbers){
             my @all_items = GetItemsInfo( $biblionumber );
             foreach my $itm (@all_items) {
                 push @itemnumbers, $itm->{itemnumber};