diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchUpdateItem.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchUpdateItem.pm
index 71dd00ee05..48354836fd 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchUpdateItem.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchUpdateItem.pm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sub process {
     };
 
     try {
-        my ($results) = Koha::Items->search( { itemnumber => \@record_ids } )->batch_update(
+        my ($results) = Koha::Items->search( { itemnumber => { -in => \@record_ids } } )->batch_update(
             {
                 regex_mod                         => $regex_mod,
                 new_values                        => $new_values,
diff --git a/Koha/Items.pm b/Koha/Items.pm
index 12e383a793..c47753c2cb 100644
--- a/Koha/Items.pm
+++ b/Koha/Items.pm
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ sub batch_update {
 
     if (@modified_itemnumbers) {
         my @biblionumbers =
-            uniq( Koha::Items->search( { itemnumber => \@modified_itemnumbers } )->get_column('biblionumber') );
+            uniq(
+            Koha::Items->search( { itemnumber => { -in => \@modified_itemnumbers } } )->get_column('biblionumber') );
 
         if (@biblionumbers) {
             my $indexer = Koha::SearchEngine::Indexer->new( { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::BIBLIOS_INDEX } );
diff --git a/Koha/Patrons.pm b/Koha/Patrons.pm
index 425893e8d4..34a42a501a 100644
--- a/Koha/Patrons.pm
+++ b/Koha/Patrons.pm
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ sub filter_by_safe_to_delete {
         push @ids, $patron->borrowernumber
             if $patron->safe_to_delete;
     }
-    return Koha::Patrons->search( { borrowernumber => \@ids } );
+    return Koha::Patrons->search( { borrowernumber => { -in => \@ids } } );
 }
 
 =head3 extended_attributes_config