diff --git a/catalogue/detail.pl b/catalogue/detail.pl
index 3e2ca01cf5..511855e9fc 100755
--- a/catalogue/detail.pl
+++ b/catalogue/detail.pl
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ if ( not defined $record ) {
     exit;
 }
 
+eval { $biblio->metadata->record };
+$template->param( decoding_error => $@ );
+
 if($query->cookie("holdfor")){ 
     my $holdfor_patron = Koha::Patrons->find( $query->cookie("holdfor") );
     $template->param(
@@ -143,7 +146,11 @@ if ( $xslfile ) {
 }
 
 $template->param( 'SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails' => C4::Context->preference("SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails") );
-$template->param( ocoins => $biblio->get_coins );
+
+# Catch the exception as Koha::Biblio::Metadata->record can explode if the MARCXML is invalid
+# Do not propagate it as we already deal with it previously in this script
+my $coins = eval { $biblio->get_coins };
+$template->param( ocoins => $coins );
 
 # some useful variables for enhanced content;
 # in each case, we're grabbing the first value we find in
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
index d7fc0ec3f2..5da7b95c18 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/catalogue/detail.tt
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
 [% CoceHost        = Koha.Preference('CoceHost') %]
 
 [% INCLUDE 'cat-toolbar.inc' %]
+    [% IF decoding_error %]
+        <div>
+            There is an error with this bibliographic record, the view may be degraded.
+            <br/> Error: [% decoding_error %]
+        </div>
+    [% END %]
     [% IF ( ocoins ) %]
         <!-- COinS / OpenURL -->
         <span class="Z3988" title="[% ocoins | html %]"></span>