diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchDeleteItem.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchDeleteItem.pm
index 9fb6969e33..f506aff808 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchDeleteItem.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob/BatchDeleteItem.pm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ sub enqueue {
     return unless exists $args->{record_ids};
 
     my @record_ids = @{ $args->{record_ids} };
-    my $delete_biblios = @{ $args->{delete_biblios} || [] };
+    my $delete_biblios = $args->{delete_biblios} || 0;
 
     $self->SUPER::enqueue(
         {