diff --git a/catalogue/detail.pl b/catalogue/detail.pl
index 31ebfc2743..6b06f286cd 100755
--- a/catalogue/detail.pl
+++ b/catalogue/detail.pl
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ $template->param(
     materials => $materials_flag,
 );
 
-if (C4::Context->preference("AlternateHoldingsField") && scalar $items->count == 0) {
+if (C4::Context->preference("AlternateHoldingsField") && $items->count == 0) {
     my $fieldspec = C4::Context->preference("AlternateHoldingsField");
     my $subfields = substr $fieldspec, 3;
     my $holdingsep = C4::Context->preference("AlternateHoldingsSeparator") || ' ';