diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbooks.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbooks.tt
index 3b167be81f..19e0e1cb76 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbooks.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/addbooks.tt
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
                 [% END %]
             </ul>
         </div>
+    [% IF ( total ) %]
         <div class="btn-group"><button type="submit" class="btn btn-small merge-items"><i class="icon-merge"></i> Merge selected</button></div>
+    [% END %]
   </div>
 [% END %]