diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index 89a5211b5c..d1ec4db835 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ my %is_nolimit = map { $_ => 1 } @nolimits;
 if($params->{'multibranchlimit'}) {
     my $search_group = Koha::Library::Groups->find( $params->{multibranchlimit} );
     my @libraries = $search_group->all_libraries;
-    my $multibranch = '('.join( " or ", map { 'branch: ' . $_->branchcode } @libraries ) .')';
+    my $multibranch = '('.join( " OR ", map { '(homebranch: ' . $_->branchcode .')' } @libraries ) .')';
     push @limits, $multibranch if ($multibranch ne  '()');
 }
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 96264e4452..91a4c42481 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ if (@searchCategories > 0) {
 if($params->{'multibranchlimit'}) {
     my $search_group = Koha::Library::Groups->find( $params->{multibranchlimit} );
     my @libraries = $search_group->all_libraries;
-    my $multibranch = '('.join( " or ", map { 'branch: ' . $_->branchcode } @libraries ) .')';
+    my $multibranch = '('.join( " OR ", map { 'homebranch: ' . $_->branchcode } @libraries ) .')';
     push @limits, $multibranch if ($multibranch ne  '()');
 }