diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
index 4406ac6c60..aaf02c0046 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@
                     <form action="placerequest.pl" method="post" name="form" id="hold-request-form">
                         [% INCLUDE 'csrf-token.inc' %]
 
+                        <input type="hidden" name="op" value="cud-placerequest" />
                         <input type="hidden" name="borrowernumber" value="[% patron.borrowernumber | html %]" />
                         [% FOREACH biblionumber IN biblionumbers %]
                             <input type="hidden" name="biblionumber" value="[% biblionumber | html %]"/>
diff --git a/reserve/placerequest.pl b/reserve/placerequest.pl
index a253fb5547..d2fec975dd 100755
--- a/reserve/placerequest.pl
+++ b/reserve/placerequest.pl
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ my $item_group_id  = $input->param('item_group_id');
 my $expirationdate = $input->param('expiration_date');
 my $itemtype       = $input->param('itemtype') || undef;
 my $non_priority   = $input->param('non_priority');
+my $op             = $input->param('op') || q{};
 
 my $patron = Koha::Patrons->find( $borrowernumber );
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ foreach my $bibnum ( @holdable_bibs ) {
 
 my $found;
 
-if ( $patron ) {
+if ( $op eq 'cud-placerequest' && $patron ) {
 
     foreach my $biblionumber ( keys %bibinfos ) {