diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-advsearch.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-advsearch.tt
index 12dd94f339..79b9d64d30 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-advsearch.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-advsearch.tt
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@
                     </div>
 
             <div class="row-fluid">
-              [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('itemtype').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('itemtype').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+              [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('itemtype').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                      ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('itemtype').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                 <div class="span12">
                     <div id="advsearches" class="toptabs">
                         <ul>
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@
               [% END %]
 
                 <div class="row-fluid">
-                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('pubdate').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('pubdate').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('pubdate').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                          ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('pubdate').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                     <div class="span3">
                         <div id="pubrange">
                             <!-- PUB RANGE OPTION -->
@@ -160,7 +162,8 @@
                     </div>
                   [% END %]
 
-                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('language').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('language').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('language').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                          ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('language').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                     <div class="span3">
                         <div id="langfilter">
                             <fieldset>
@@ -185,7 +188,8 @@
                     </div> <!-- / .span3 -->
                   [% END %]
 
-                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('location').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('location').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('location').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                          ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('location').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                     [% UNLESS ( singleBranchMode ) %]
                         <div class="span3">
                             <!-- AVAILABILITY LIMITS -->
@@ -223,7 +227,8 @@
                     [% END # / UNLESS singleBranchMode %]
                   [% END %]
 
-                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('sorting').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('sorting').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+                  [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('sorting').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                          ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('sorting').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                     <div class="span3">
                     <!-- RANK LIMITS -->
                         <div id="sortby">
@@ -240,7 +245,8 @@
                   [% END %]
                 </div> <!-- / .row-fluid -->
 
-                [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('subtype').size > 0 and not expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('subtype').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
+                [% IF ( ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.grep('subtype').size > 0     and not expanded_options ) or
+                        ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.grep('subtype').size > 0 and expanded_options ) ) %]
                     <div class="row-fluid">
                         [% IF ( usmarc ) %]
                             <!-- SUBTYPE LIMITS -->
@@ -340,7 +346,8 @@
                 [% END # / IF expanded_options %]
             </div> <!-- / .row-fluid -->
 
-        [% IF ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.size > 0 and expanded_options ) or ( OpacAdvSearchOptions.size > 0 and not expanded_options ) %]
+        [% IF ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.size > 0 and expanded_options ) or
+              ( OpacAdvSearchOptions     and OpacAdvSearchOptions.size > 0     and not expanded_options ) %]
             <div class="row-fluid">
                 <div class="span12">
                     <div class="text-center">
@@ -359,7 +366,7 @@
     <p>
         <input class="btn btn-success" type="submit" accesskey="s" name="do" title="Search" value="Search" />
 
-        [% IF OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.size > 0 %]
+        [% IF ( OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions and OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions.size > 0 ) %]
             [% IF expanded_options %]
                 <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?expanded_options=0" class="btn btn-default more-less-options">Fewer options</a>
             [% ELSIF not expanded_options %]