diff --git a/circ/returns.pl b/circ/returns.pl
index 9d04dc1ff5..b26be73961 100755
--- a/circ/returns.pl
+++ b/circ/returns.pl
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ foreach ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %returneditems ) {
         $ri{homebranch}          = $item->homebranch;
         $ri{holdingbranch}       = $item->holdingbranch;
 
-        $ri{location}         = $biblio->{'location'};
+        $ri{location} = $item->location;
         my $shelfcode = $ri{'location'};
         $ri{'location'} = $shelflocations->{$shelfcode} if ( defined( $shelfcode ) && defined($shelflocations) && exists( $shelflocations->{$shelfcode} ) );