diff --git a/Koha/ILL/Backend.pm b/Koha/ILL/Backend.pm
index 287c59679e..a8fa635b8b 100644
--- a/Koha/ILL/Backend.pm
+++ b/Koha/ILL/Backend.pm
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ sub existing_statuses {
         }
     );
     while ( my $request = $ill_requests->next ) {
-        my $status_data = $request->strings_map;
+        my $status_data = $request->status_alias ? $request->strings_map : undef;
 
-        if ( $status_data->{status_alias} ) {
+        if ( $status_data && $status_data->{status_alias} ) {
             push @data, {
                   $status_data->{status_alias}->{str}  ? ( str => $status_data->{status_alias}->{str} )
                 : $status_data->{status_alias}->{code} ? ( str => $status_data->{status_alias}->{code} )