diff --git a/C4/Biblio.pm b/C4/Biblio.pm
index 5f1f456999..4b32ad43d5 100644
--- a/C4/Biblio.pm
+++ b/C4/Biblio.pm
@@ -3077,6 +3077,8 @@ Update the total issue count for a particular bib record.
 
 =item C<$value> is the absolute value that total issues count should be set to. If provided, C<$increase> is ignored.
 
+=item C<$skip_holds_queue> parameter to optionally skip updating the holds queue.
+
 =back
 
 =cut
diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl b/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
index eee8fdef62..3e3a66b1f2 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ sub process_query {
         if ( not $test_only ) {
             my $ret;
             if ( $incremental && $totalissues > 0 ) {
-                $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, $totalissues );
+                $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, $totalissues, undef, 1 );
             }
             else {
-                $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, 0, $totalissues );
+                $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, 0, $totalissues, 1 );
             }
             unless ($ret) {
                 print "Error while processing bib $biblionumber\n" if $verbose;