diff --git a/MARCdetail.pl b/MARCdetail.pl
index e485aae738..982204d489 100755
--- a/MARCdetail.pl
+++ b/MARCdetail.pl
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ foreach my $field (@fields) {
 		push(@big_array, \%this_row);
 	}
 }
-if (my $subfcode=C4::Context->preference('SortItemsBy')){
-	@big_array = sort {$a->{$subfcode} cmp $b->{$subfcode}} @big_array;
-}
+my ($holdingbrtagf,$holdingbrtagsubf) = &MARCfind_marc_from_kohafield($dbh,"items.holdingbranch",$itemtype);
+@big_array = sort {$a->{$holdingbrtagsubf} cmp $b->{$holdingbrtagsubf}} @big_array;
+
 #fill big_row with missing datas
 foreach my $subfield_code  (keys(%witness)) {
 	for (my $i=0;$i<=$#big_array;$i++) {
diff --git a/acqui.simple/additem.pl b/acqui.simple/additem.pl
index df407bbe26..8bff455ef4 100755
--- a/acqui.simple/additem.pl
+++ b/acqui.simple/additem.pl
@@ -181,9 +181,8 @@ foreach my $subfield_code  (keys(%witness)) {
 		$big_array[$i]{$subfield_code}="&nbsp;" unless ($big_array[$i]{$subfield_code});
 	}
 }
-if (my $subfcode=C4::Context->preference('SortItemsBy')){
-	@big_array = sort {$a->{$subfcode} cmp $b->{$subfcode}} @big_array;
-}
+my ($holdingbrtagf,$holdingbrtagsubf) = &MARCfind_marc_from_kohafield($dbh,"items.holdingbranch",$itemtype);
+@big_array = sort {$a->{$holdingbrtagsubf} cmp $b->{$holdingbrtagsubf}} @big_array;
 
 # now, construct template !
 my @item_value_loop;
diff --git a/opac/opac-MARCdetail.pl b/opac/opac-MARCdetail.pl
index ac23ef55c3..49c1baf503 100755
--- a/opac/opac-MARCdetail.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-MARCdetail.pl
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ foreach my $field (@fields) {
 		push(@big_array, \%this_row);
 	}
 }
+my ($holdingbrtagf,$holdingbrtagsubf) = &MARCfind_marc_from_kohafield($dbh,"items.holdingbranch",$itemtype);
+@big_array = sort {$a->{$holdingbrtagsubf} cmp $b->{$holdingbrtagsubf}} @big_array;
 #fill big_row with missing datas
 foreach my $subfield_code  (keys(%witness)) {
 	for (my $i=0;$i<=$#big_array;$i++) {