diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-request-article.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-request-article.tt
index 4b7784062b..69eef020d7 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-request-article.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-request-article.tt
@@ -59,20 +59,20 @@
                                     <li>
                                         [% IF mandatory_fields.search('title') %]
                                             <label for="title" class="required">Title:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="title" id="title" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="title" id="title" size="50" value="[% title | html %]"/>
                                         [% ELSE %]
                                             <label for="title">Title:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" name="title" id="title" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" name="title" id="title" size="50" value="[% title | html %]"/>
                                         [% END %]
                                     </li>
 
                                     <li>
                                         [% IF mandatory_fields.search('author') %]
                                             <label for="author" class="required">Author:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="author" id="author" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="author" id="author" size="50" value="[% author | html %]"/>
                                         [% ELSE %]
                                             <label for="author">Author:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" name="author" id="author" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" name="author" id="author" size="50" value="[% author | html %]"/>
                                         [% END %]
                                     </li>
 
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@
                                     <li>
                                         [% IF mandatory_fields.search('pages') %]
                                             <label for="pages" class="required">Pages:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="pages" id="pages" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" required="required" name="pages" id="pages" size="50" value="[% pageinfo | html %]"/>
                                         [% ELSE %]
                                             <label for="pages">Pages:</label>
-                                            <input type="text" name="pages" id="pages" size="50"/>
+                                            <input type="text" name="pages" id="pages" size="50" value="[% pageinfo | html %]"/>
                                         [% END %]
                                     </li>
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-request-article.pl b/opac/opac-request-article.pl
index c802b88963..58680fb3d7 100644
--- a/opac/opac-request-article.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-request-article.pl
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ my ( $template, $borrowernumber, $cookie ) = get_template_and_user(
 
 my $action = $cgi->param('action') || q{};
 my $biblionumber = $cgi->param('biblionumber');
+my $biblio = Koha::Biblios->find($biblionumber);
 
 if ( $action eq 'create' ) {
     my $branchcode = $cgi->param('branchcode');
@@ -72,9 +73,16 @@ if ( $action eq 'create' ) {
 
     print $cgi->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl#opac-user-article-requests");
     exit;
+} elsif ( !$action ) {
+    # Should we redirect?
+    # Conditions: no items, host item entry (MARC21 773)
+    my ( $host, $pageinfo ) = $biblio->host_record({ no_items => 1 });
+    if( $host ) {
+        $template->param( pageinfo => $pageinfo, title => $biblio->title, author => $biblio->author );
+        $biblio = $host;
+    }
 }
 
-my $biblio = Koha::Biblios->find($biblionumber);
 my $patron = Koha::Patrons->find($borrowernumber);
 
 $template->param(