diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/pages/batchMod.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/pages/batchMod.js
index ed51892fd3..ac425b46d5 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/pages/batchMod.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/pages/batchMod.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date.setTime(date.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
 
 function guess_nb_cols() {
     // This is a bit ugly, we are trying to know if there are checkboxes in the first column of the table
-    if ($("#itemst tr:first th:first").html() == "") {
+    if ($("#itemst tr:first th:first .dt-column-title").html() == "") {
         // First header is empty, it's a checkbox
         return 3;
     } else {