diff --git a/circ/circulation.pl b/circ/circulation.pl
index 319e4f671c..539b88ca04 100755
--- a/circ/circulation.pl
+++ b/circ/circulation.pl
@@ -663,16 +663,8 @@ my ($picture, $dberror) = GetPatronImage($borrower->{'cardnumber'});
 $template->param( picture => 1 ) if $picture;
 
 # get authorised values with type of BOR_NOTES
-my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
-my @canned_notes;
-my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT * FROM authorised_values WHERE category = "BOR_NOTES"');
-$sth->execute();
-while ( my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref() ) {
-  push @canned_notes, $row;
-}
-if ( scalar( @canned_notes ) ) {
-  $template->param( canned_bor_notes_loop => \@canned_notes );
-}
+
+my $canned_notes = GetAuthorisedValues("BOR_NOTES");
 
 $template->param(
     debt_confirmed            => $debt_confirmed,
@@ -681,5 +673,6 @@ $template->param(
 	AllowRenewalLimitOverride => C4::Context->preference("AllowRenewalLimitOverride"),
     dateformat                => C4::Context->preference("dateformat"),
     DHTMLcalendar_dateformat  => C4::Dates->DHTMLcalendar(),
+    canned_bor_notes_loop     => $canned_notes,
 );
 output_html_with_http_headers $query, $cookie, $template->output;